different between cranberry vs craisin

English

Etymology

Adapted in the 1640s from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Kraanbeere, from Kraan m, which means and is cognate to crane + Beere f, which means and is cognate to berry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?ænb(?)??/

Noun

cranberry (plural cranberries)

1. A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
2. The edible red berry of that shrub.
3. An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry

Hypernyms

• berry

Hyponyms

• arando Vaccinium erythrocarpum
• bearberry Vaccinium erythrocarpum or Vaccinium macrocarpon
• dingleberry Vaccinium erythrocarpum
• fenberry (dated) Vaccinium oxycoccos
• moorberry
• mossberry (Canada)
• American cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon)
• common cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos)
• highbush cranberry (Viburnum trilobum, Viburnum edule, Viburnum opulus (European))
• large cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon)
• northern cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos)
• small cranberry (Vaccinium microcarpum)
• southern mountain cranberry (Vaccinium erythrocarpum)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? German: Cranberry

Translations

References

• cranberry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cranberry at OneLook Dictionary Search
• cranberry in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Adjective

cranberry (not comparable)

1. Of the intense red colour of a cranberry.
   • 2011, Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins, Glorious Appearing: The End of Days

     Leon was in his most resplendent, gaudiest, Day-Glo getup, including a purple felt fez with multiple hangy-downs and a cranberry vestment with gold collar, appliquéd with every religious symbol known to man […]

English

Alternative forms

• Craisin

Etymology

Genericization of the brand name Craisin. Blend of cranberry +? raisin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?e?zn?/
• Rhymes: -e?z?n

Noun

craisin (plural craisins)

1. A dried cranberry.
   • 1995 May 12, Pete Stryjewski <[email protected]>, "How to make craisins?", rec.food.cooking, Usenet,

     But the craisins I have had in the past, seem to have additional sugar.

   • 1997 April 3, Kristen Mahan-Moutaw <[email protected]>, "Bad Moods", bit.listserv.cinema-l, Usenet,

     Then I threw a craisin (sweetened dried cranberry) in my mouth and it flew to the back of my throat and stuck there, choking me....

   • 2002 March 12, [email protected], "Mr. Craisin Head", alt.pets.rabbits, Usenet,

     I was giving him craisins and he started to stick his head in the bag looking for more.

   • c. 2004, Judith Moffett, "The Bear's Baby", in Gardner Dozois, ed., The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection, 2004, St. Martin's Press, ?ISBN, page 156,

     Denny passed the remaining hours of daylight eating a sandwich and a packet of craisins, […]

Anagrams

• Carinis, arsinic