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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 berriesplay

  Familiarity information: HIGHBUSH CRANBERRY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIGHBUSH CRANBERRY (noun)


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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