Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - cranberry
Cranberry
cranberry
n. (pl. -ies) 1 any evergreen shrub of the genus Vaccinium, esp. V. macrocarpon of America and V. oxycoccos of Europe, yielding small red acid berries. 2 a berry from this used for a sauce and in cooking. Also called fen-berry. Etymology: 17th c.: named by Amer. colonists f. G Kranbeere, LG kranebere crane-berry
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noun Etymology: part translation of Low German kraanbere, from kraan crane + bere berry Date: 1647 the red acid berry produced by some plants (as Vaccinium oxycoccos and V. macrocarpon) of the heath family, any of various plants with a fruit that resembles a ~, a dark red ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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