cranberry

 
Pronunciation: /ˈkranb(ə)ri/

noun (plural cranberries)

  • 1a small red acid berry used in cooking: [as modifier]: cranberry sauce
  • 2the evergreen dwarf shrub of the heather family which yields the cranberry.
    • Genus Vaccinium, family Ericaceae: several species

Origin:

mid 17th century (originally North American): from German Kranbeere or Low German kranebeere 'crane-berry'