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AMERICAN CRANBERRY BUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does American cranberry bush mean? 

AMERICAN CRANBERRY BUSH (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN CRANBERRY BUSH has 1 sense:

1. deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berriesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


AMERICAN CRANBERRY BUSH (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 ("American cranberry bush" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("American cranberry bush" is a member of...):

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


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