Vaccinium oxycoccos
Synonyms:
Man Yue Mei
Categories: Ayurvedic Medicine, Food, Medicinal Plant, Native American Medicine, Oil, Powder, Russian Folk Medicine, Tea, Tincture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Unani Medicine
Cranberry (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
Adapted in the 1640s from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Kraanbeere, from Kraan m, which means and is cognate to crane + Beere f, which means and is cognate to berry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɹænb(ə)ɹɪ/
Noun
cranberry (plural cranberries)
- A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
- The edible red berry of that shrub.
- An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry
