cranberry

plural cranberries

1. countableA shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.

   Synonyms: fenberry[w:en:common cranberry|common cranberry]], Vaccinium oxycoccos>

2. countableThe edible red berry of that shrub.

   That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.

   1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC

   Synonyms: fenberry[w:en:common cranberry|common cranberry]], Vaccinium oxycoccos>

3. countableuncountableAn intense red colour, like that of a cranberry.

1. not comparableOf the intense red colour of a cranberry.

   Leon was in his most resplendent, gaudiest, Day-Glo getup, including a purple felt fez with multiple hangy-downs and a cranberry vestment with gold collar, appliquéd with every religious symbol known to man […]

   2011, Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins, Glorious Appearing: The End of Days

present singular third person cranberries · participle present cranberrying · participle past cranberried · past cranberried

1. AppalachiacolloquialTo gather wild cranberries.

1. A community and neighbourhood in the city of Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.
2. An unincorporated community in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
3. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Venango County, Pennsylvania.
4. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Cranberry Township.
5. A hamlet in Standon parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8236).