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Cranberry vs Cranapple - What's the difference?

cranberry | cranapple |

As nouns the difference between cranberry and cranapple

is that cranberry is a shrub belonging to the subgenus oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium, consisting of four species while cranapple is a blend of cranberry and apple.

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 )

    cranapple

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A blend of cranberry and apple.
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  • The box lunch always contained enough for a crew of nine: three loaves of bread, a pound of American cheese, a pound of mystery meat (usually something that resembled salami), one jar of smooth peanut butter, one jar of grape jelly, two dozen small bags of airline peanuts (or, occasionally, rock-hard raisins), a dozen boxes of cranberry juice (or cranapple , crangrape, or the like), condiments, and dessert.

    Usage notes

    * Used attributively.