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The name cranberry derives from the Middle Low German kraanbere (English translation, craneberry), first named as cranberry in English by the missionary John Eliot in 1647. [11] Around 1694, German and Dutch colonists in New England used the word, cranberry, to represent the expanding flower, stem , calyx , and petals resembling the neck, head ...
Vaccinium macrocarpon, also called large cranberry, American cranberry and bearberry, is a North American species of cranberry in the subgenus Oxycoccus. [ 4 ] The name cranberry comes from shape of the flower stamen , which looks like a crane 's beak.
Hibiscus acetosella, the cranberry hibiscus or African rosemallow, is a flowering plant of the family Malvaceae. The epithet acetosella is of Latin origin and is a diminutive of the Latin name for sorrel which comes from the sour taste experienced when eating the young leaves of both plants. [ 1 ]
Vaccinium / v æ k ˈ s ɪ n i ə m / [3] is a common and widespread genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the heath family (Ericaceae). The fruits of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry (whortleberry), lingonberry (cowberry), and huckleberry.
The cranberry bean is a variety of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) first bred in Colombia as the cargamanto. [3] It is also known as the Borlotti bean , Roman bean , romano bean (not to be confused with the Italian flat bean , a green bean also called "romano bean"), saluggia bean, gadhra bean or rosecoco bean . [ 4 ]
Berries are often added to water and/or juiced, as in cranberry juice, which accounts for 95% of cranberry crop usage, [55] blueberry juice, raspberry juice, goji berry juice, acai juice, aronia berry juice, and strawberry juice. [56] [57] Wine is the principal fermented beverage made from berries (grapes).
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This cranberry is a small, prostrate shrub with vine-like stems that root at the nodes. The evergreen leaves are leathery and lance-shaped, up to 1.2 cm (1 ⁄ 2 in) long. [5] [7] The stems are a few centimeters tall, upon which are one to a few nodding flowers with four-petals. [7]