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countable and uncountable, plural cranberries
(countable) A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium. examples
(countable) The edible red berry of that shrub. quotations examples
That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.
1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 8, in Mr. Pratt's Patients
An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry examples
not comparable
Of the intense red colour of a cranberry. quotations examples
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 […]
2011, Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins, Glorious Appearing: The End of Days