CRANBERRY TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cranberry tree mean? 

• CRANBERRY TREE (noun)
  The noun CRANBERRY TREE has 2 senses:

1. deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries

2. deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries

  Familiarity information: CRANBERRY TREE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRANBERRY TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

crampbark; cranberry tree; European cranberry bush; European cranberrybush; guelder rose; Viburnum opulus

Hypernyms ("cranberry tree" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("cranberry tree" is a member of...):

genus Viburnum; Viburnum (deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American cranberry bush; cranberry bush; cranberry tree; highbush cranberry; Viburnum trilobum

Hypernyms ("cranberry tree" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("cranberry tree" is a member of...):

genus Viburnum; Viburnum (deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree)