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A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
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The edible red berry of that shrub.
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An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry
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Of the intense red colour of a cranberry.
Examples of cranberry in a Sentence
In the south-central part of the state there are valuable cranberry marshes.
Along the streams in this section are many swamps, valuable for the white cedar that they produce, or when cleared, for cranberry bogs.
In 1899 New Jersey produced nearly a fourth of the cranberry crop of the United States, the chief centre of production being the bogs of Burlington and Ocean counties.
All the Indian huckleberry hills are stripped, all the cranberry meadows are raked into the city.
Martha wants me to have the antiques we searched for together all the cranberry glass, the Hobstar crystal, even the Tiffany lamp she so cherished.
In the swamps and bogs of the south-east coast cranberry culture is practised, this district producing in 1900 three-fifths of the entire yield of the United States.
Among indigenous fruitbearing trees, shrubs, vines and plants are the plum, cherry, grape, blackberry, raspberry, cranberry and strawberry.
Among the fruitbearing trees, shrubs, vines and plants the grape, the blue-berry, the cherry, the plum and the cranberry are indigenous and more or less common.
In 1908 the product amounted to 48,522 long tons (all magnetite), and was valued at $76,877; almost the entire product is from the Cranberry mines, near Cranberry, Mitchell county.
Among native fruits are the blackberry, raspberry, elderberry, cranberry, wild plum and pawpaw (Asimina triloba).
Among indigenous fruit-bearing trees, shrubs and vines the state has the bird cherry, black cherry, blueberry, cranberry, raspberry, blackberry, gooseberry, strawberry, grape and black currant; and conspicuous among a very great variety of shrubs and flowering plants are the rose, dogwood, laurel, sumac, holly, winterberry, trilliums, anemones, arbutuses, violets, azaleas, eglantine, clematis, blue gentians, orange lilies, orchids, asters and golden rod.
Other characteristic plants of the Coastal Plain are the cranberry, wild rice, wild yam, wax myrtle, wistaria, trumpet flower, passion flower, holly and white alder.
Among indigenous fruit-bearing plants the state has the black cherry, red cherry, red plum, yellow plum, grape, black currant, blackberry, dewberry, strawberry and cranberry.
Among indigenous shrubs and vines are the hazel, blackberry, gooseberry, whortleberry, huckleberry, grape and cranberry.
Cynthia was already at the kitchen table, amid sweet smelling scents of the morning fare of fresh cranberry scones, the ubiquitous notebook and a scattering of paper spread before her.
All cranberry juice samples inhibited E coli adhesion; none of the placebo samples did this.
Nearby, en route for Meallan nan Eun, was Alpine bearberry, while small cranberry was fairly abundant on Brown Cow Hill.
Or shop the local stores for delicious area specialties like fresh brown bread and cranberry liquors.
To finish the boys shared a chocolate ice cream and we shared a cranberry & pistachio warm chocolate brownie served with vanilla ice.
Plants include mosses eg Sphagnum, cotton grass, purple moor grass, cranberry, marsh cinquefoil, marsh violet and round leaved sundew.
It came with a light salad including some sweet figs and a tart cranberry compote.
Or, dried cranberry 's soaked in water overnight.
Uncommon species present include cranberry, bog sedge and white sedge.
Herbs that may be helpful Modern research has suggested that cranberry may prevent urinary tract infections.
He once sat in the pub drinking cranberry juice, only to be the butt of bar staff's jokes.
Cracker 5cl cranberry juice 5cl pineapple juice 5cl passion-fruit juice 5cl grapefruit juice lemonade Fill a highball with ice.
Cranberry juice contains various antioxidants including flavonoids, which are known to inhibit cytochrome P450 activity.
Remove from the heat and add the mushrooms, apple slices, cranberry jelly and bay leaf and season well.
There have been recent concerns about the effects of cranberry juice on the effectiveness of warfarin.
I've made the canapes, the bread sauce, the cranberry sauce and the parsnip mash.
I was trapped in the rubble for several days and was forced to eat my mother, who was covered in cranberry sauce.
Ambassador 3cl white rum 1cl apple schnapps 2 dashes passionfruit liqueur 3cl cranberry juice Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice.
So I have one waffle with strawberry for us and put cranberry on the other ones.
Cranberry contains xylitol which may be derived from maize.
Baby Woo Woo 2cl vodka 2cl peach schnapps 2cl cranberry juice Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice.
Cranberry contains Xylitol which may be derived from maize.
Many different kinds of desert wines are now available, including fruit wines, which are made through the fermentation of other fruits (blackberry, strawberry, cherry, cranberry, etc.) besides grapes.
Pick a sweet or sour cranberry cocktail; you can really bring out the bitterness of the triple sec with a less sweet cranberry juice, or make your cocktail light and fruity with a sugary cranberry-cherry or cran-grape juice.
Perhaps you should try adding a bit more of a lower-alcohol content vodka or triple sec into your recipe and combine the lime and cranberry juice just enough to give your Cosmo a tinge of pink color.
There are variations of this cocktail that use white cranberry juice instead of red, or blue curacao or Cointreau instead of triple sec; however, the original beverage is still the most popular.
Cranberry juice is typically sold as a sweetened beverage or cocktail, but it's available in pure form as well.
Cranberry margaritas are perfect for holiday entertaining.
The Vodka Cranberry is also known as the Cape Codder.
Fill a cocktail glass with ice and add vodka and cranberry juice.
You can use whiskey and cranberry juice as a rich base flavor.
For a stronger apple flavor, reduce the amount of cranberry juice to 1.5 ounces.
The standard recipe for the drink calls for equal parts sour apple schnapps, Canadian whiskey and cranberry juice.
Fill a shaker halfway with ice and add the whiskey, sour apple schnapps and cranberry juice.
Cranberry is another popular flavor for Christmas cocktails, perhaps because people are used to seeing cranberries as a food on their holiday tables.
Good staple juices include orange, pineapple, cranberry, grapefruit, carrot, and tomato.