cranberry

cranberry
(pl. -ies)
  1. a small red acid berry used in cooking
    越桔的果实
  2. the evergreen dwarf shrub of the heather family which yields this fruit
    越桔
  3. Genus Vaccinium, family Ericaceae: several species, in particular, the European V. oxycoccos and the North American V. macrocarpon
    越橘属,杜鹃花科:数种,尤指欧洲的酸果越桔(拉丁名V. oxycoccos)和北美的大果越桔(拉丁名V. macrocarpon)
语源
  1. mid 17th cent. (originally North American): from German Kranbeere or Low German kranebeere 'crane-berry'
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