Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - cranberry
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Cranberry
cranberry
noun Etymology: part translation of Low German kraanbere, from kraan crane + bere berry Date: 1647 1. the red acid berry produced by some plants (as Vaccinium oxycoccos and V. macrocarpon) of the heath family; also a plant producing these 2. any of various plants with a fruit that resembles a ~ 3. a dark red
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 any evergreen shrub of the genus Vaccinium, esp. V. macrocarpon of America and V. oxycoccos of Europe, yielding small red acid berries. 2 a berry from this used for a sauce and in cooking. Also called fen-berry. Etymology: 17th c.: named by Amer. colonists f. G Kranbeere, LG kranebere crane-berry ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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клюква (Oxycoccus) – American cranberry – bog cranberry – European cranberry – high cranberry – lowbush cranberry – marsh cranberry – mountain cranberry – wild cranberry ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. бот. клюква (Vaccinium spp.) cranberry bog —- болото, где произрастает клюква; клюквенное болото ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(cranberries) Cranberries are red berries with a sour taste. They are often used to make a sauce or jelly that you eat with meat. N-COUNT: usu pl, oft N n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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- 1647, Amer.Eng. adaptation of Low Ger. kraanbere, from kraan "crane" + M.L.G. bere "berry," perhaps from a resemblance between the plants' stamens and the beaks of cranes. Cranberries brought to the New World by German settlers. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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