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EUROPEAN CRANBERRYBUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does European cranberrybush mean? 

EUROPEAN CRANBERRYBUSH (noun)
  The noun EUROPEAN CRANBERRYBUSH has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: EUROPEAN CRANBERRYBUSH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EUROPEAN CRANBERRYBUSH (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 ("European cranberrybush" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("European cranberrybush" is a member of...):

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


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