Cranberry /(krăn"bĕr*ry̆)/

pl. Cranberries ((-rĭz))

1. A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also, the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a species of Viburnum (Viburnum Opulus), and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to distinguish it. (Bot.)