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jerusalem thorn

n.
1.thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit
2.spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
3.large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers
4.East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods

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The name cranberry comes from German and Dutch settlers. The berry was intially called crane berry. The reason it was called this was because when the flowers bloom, the petals of the flowers twist backwards and look very much like the head of a crane. Eventually the name was shortened down to be cranberry. .. More >>