European cranberry

noun

: a small red-fruited trailing cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccus) found in arctic and cool regions of the northern hemisphere with leaves ovate, acute, and conspicuously whitened beneath, flowers terminal, and fruit ¹/₄ to ¹/₃ inch in diameter

called also small cranberry

compare american cranberry

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