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Meaning of low-bush cranberry in English:

low-bush cranberry

noun

Canadian

  • Any of several low-growing North American shrubs bearing small red edible berries; especially the viburnum, Viburnum edule, and the cowberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Catharine Parr Traill (1802–1899), author, botanist, and settler in Canada.