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HIGHBUSH CRANBERRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does highbush cranberry mean?
• HIGHBUSH CRANBERRY (noun)
The noun HIGHBUSH CRANBERRY has 1 sense:
1. deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries
Familiarity information: HIGHBUSH CRANBERRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("highbush cranberry" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("highbush cranberry" is a member of...):
genus Viburnum; Viburnum (deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree)
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