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CRANBERRY TREE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries

Synonyms:

American cranberry bush; cranberry bush; cranberry tree; highbush cranberry; Viburnum trilobum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cranberry tree" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("cranberry tree" is a member of...):

genus Viburnum; Viburnum (deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries

Synonyms:

crampbark; cranberry tree; European cranberry bush; European cranberrybush; guelder rose; Viburnum opulus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cranberry tree" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("cranberry tree" is a member of...):

genus Viburnum; Viburnum (deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree)

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