Cranberry

Definitions

1. A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
   countable
2. A community and neighbourhood in the city of Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.
3. The edible red berry of that shrub.
   countable
4. An unincorporated community in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
5. An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry.
   countable, uncountable
6. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Venango County, Pennsylvania.
7. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Cranberry Township.
8. A hamlet in Standon parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8236).

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Examples

“That concertina was a wonder⟳ in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.”

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