highbush cranberry
noun
a shrub, Viburnum trilobum, of northern North America, having broad clusters of white flowers and edible scarlet berries.
Origin of highbush cranberry
1An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805
- Also called cranberry bush, cranberry tree.
Words Nearby highbush cranberry
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How to use highbush cranberry in a sentence
The Pembina River took its name from anepeminan, the Ojibwa term for the shrub we call highbush cranberry.
South from Hudson Bay | E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill
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