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Cranberry vs Crabapple - What's the difference?

cranberry | crabapple |

As nouns the difference between cranberry and crabapple

is that cranberry is a shrub belonging to the subgenus oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium, consisting of four species while crabapple is any of the wild species of apple tree, genus Malus, which generally yield small, bitter fruit (in comparison to domestic apples, Malus domestica).

cranberry

Noun

(cranberries)
  • A shrub belonging to the subgenus oxycoccus'' of the genus ''Vaccinium , consisting of four species.
  • The red berry of that shrub.
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    Synonyms

    * arando Vaccinium erythrocarpum * bearberry Vaccinium erythrocarpum'' ''or * dingleberry Vaccinium erythrocarpum * fenberry ''Vaccinium oxycoccos * moorberry * (Canada)

    Derived terms

    * ) * (Vaccinium oxycoccos ) * cranberried * cranberry juice * cranberry morpheme * cranberrylike * highbush cranberry (, Viburnum opulus (European)) * ) * (Vaccinium oxycoccos ) * ) * (Vaccinium erythrocarpum )

    crabapple

    English

    Alternative forms

    * crab-apple, crab apple

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the wild species of apple tree, genus Malus'', which generally yield small, bitter fruit (in comparison to domestic apples, ''Malus domestica ).
  • The fruit of this tree.
  • An unpleasant person; a person who is crabby.
  • Synonyms

    * (tree) crab; crab tree * (fruit) crab * (crabby person) grouch, grump, misery, moaner

    Derived terms

    * (American crabapple) * cultivated crabapple * (European crabapple) * garland crabapple * Iowa crabapple * Oregon crabapple * showy crabapple * (Siberian crabapple) * sweet crabapple * western crabapple