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Cranberry vs Whortleberry - What's the difference?

cranberry | whortleberry |

As nouns the difference between cranberry and whortleberry

is that cranberry is a shrub belonging to the subgenus oxycoccus'' of the genus ''vaccinium , consisting of four species while whortleberry is any of several shrubs belonging to the genus vaccinium .

cranberry

English

(wikipedia 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 )

    whortleberry

    English

    (wikipedia whortleberry)

    Noun

    (whortleberries)
  • Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium .
  • A berry of one of these shrubs.

    • Synonyms

    * bilberry