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cranberry bush

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guelder rose

[gel-der]
–noun
a shrub, Viburnum opulus, of the honeysuckle family, native to the Old World, having broad clusters of white flowers and scarlet fruit.


Origin:
1590–1600; after Guelders

highbush cranberry

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


Origin:
1795–1805, Americanism
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cranberry bush  
n.  A North American shrub (Viburnum trilobum) having broad clusters of white flowers and scarlet fruit. Also called cranberry tree, highbush cranberry.
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