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cranberry tree
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a shrub, Viburnum opulus; also the reddish, tart berry of this shrub.
See: highbush cranberry
Quotations
1852
It is distinguished as a species from the very common cranberry tree . . . its fruit has an orange color, is less acid, more fleshy, and more agreeable to the taste.
1910
The flowers on the cranberry tree are white, too.