highbush cranberry


noun
  1. a shrub, Viburnum trilobum, of northern North America, having broad clusters of white flowers and edible scarlet berries.

Origin of highbush cranberry

1
An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

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