European cranberry

European cranberry
noun
small red-fruited trailing cranberry of Arctic and cool regions of the northern hemisphere
Hypernyms: ↑cranberry

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized E
: a small red-fruited trailing cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccus) found in arctic and cool regions of the northern hemisphere with leaves ovate, acute, and conspicuously whitened beneath, flowers terminal, and fruit 1/4 to 1/3 inch in diameter — called also small cranberry; compare american cranberry

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European cranberry,
a small cranberry with red berries, found in swamps of cold regions in Europe, Asia, and North America; bogberry.

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