high cranberry

high cranberry
cranberry tree cranberry tree, cranberry-tree cranberry-tree . a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub ({Viburnum opulus}) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries. It is sometimes called {high cranberry} to distinguish it from the {marsh cranberry} or {low cranberry}.

Syn: guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry bush, crampbark, {Viburnum opulus}. [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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