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Why a cranberry is called a bounceberry?

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 10/6/2023

The English word cranberry derives from the word craneberry, because when the flowers dip down they resemble the head of a crane and also the fact that cranes were seen eating the berries which grew in bogs where they nest.

Wiki User

∙ 16y ago

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