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Partridgeberry vs Cranberry - What's the difference?

partridgeberry | cranberry |

As nouns the difference between partridgeberry and cranberry

is that partridgeberry is a common name used of various plants including while cranberry is a shrub belonging to the subgenus oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium, consisting of four species.

partridgeberry

English

(wikipedia partridgeberry)

Alternative forms

* partridge berry

Noun

(partridgeberries)
  • A common name used of various plants including
  • # squaw vine (Mitchella repens )
  • # teaberry (Gaultheria procumbens )
  • # lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea ).
  • The berry of such a plant.

    • 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 )