European cranberry
- noun
- UK
:
arándano europeo
- The European cranberry thrives in the cool, moist bogs of Scandinavia and Russia.
Examples
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She added some freshly picked European cranberry to her homemade jam.
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The European cranberry is known for its tart flavor.
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Botanists study the distribution of the European cranberry in different parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
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Have you ever tasted European cranberries?
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The European cranberry thrives in the cool, moist bogs of Scandinavia and Russia.
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She added some freshly picked European cranberry to her homemade jam.
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Botanists study the distribution of the European cranberry in different parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
Synonyms
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A low evergreen bush that has small red berries used for cooking
A low trailing plant of cold places that makes small red berries you can eat
A low plant with small red berries that grows in northern bogs
A small tart red berry that grows on low shrubs in cold regions
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Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward modifier + noun: 'European' specifies origin/association and 'cranberry' names the plant, so the meaning is directly derivable as a cranberry associated with Europe. This compositional, non-idiomatic pattern is cross-linguistically common and contains no metaphorical shift, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand it.
Etymology
European cranberry is the name of a small, low plant in Europe that makes bright red berries. The word cranberry may come from people long ago who thought the flower looked like the beak of a 'crane', and berry means the small fruit, so the name helps you remember it is a small red berry plant from Europe.