Editing Cranberry (section)

== Etymology ==
[[File:Vaccinum oxycoccos 120604.jpg|thumb|''Vaccinium oxycoccos'' flowers]]
The name ''cranberry'' derives from the [[Middle Low German]] ''kraanbere'' (English translation, ''craneberry''), first named as ''cranberry'' in English by the missionary [[John Eliot (missionary)|John Eliot]] in 1647.<ref>{{cite web |title=American Cranberry (''Vaccinium macrocarpon'') : FAQ |url=https://researchguides.library.wisc.edu/c.php?g=177896&p=1169823 |publisher=Research Guides, University of Wisconsin Libraries, Madison, WI |access-date=7 December 2017 |date=2017}}</ref> Around 1694, German and Dutch colonists in [[New England]] used the word, cranberry, to represent the expanding flower, [[Plant stem|stem]], [[calyx (flower)|calyx]], and petals resembling the neck, head, and bill of a [[crane (bird)|crane]].<ref name="oed">{{cite web |title=Cranberry |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/cranberry |publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper |access-date=7 December 2017 |date=2017}}</ref><ref name="aps">{{cite journal |author1=Caruso FL |author2=Bristow PR |author3=Oudemans PV |title=Cranberries: The Most Intriguing Native North American Fruit |journal=Apsnet Feature Articles |url=http://www.apsnet.org/publications/apsnetfeatures/Pages/Cranberries.aspx |access-date=7 December 2017 |doi=10.1094/APSnetFeature-2000-1100 |date=2000 |doi-broken-date=12 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208003544/http://www.apsnet.org/publications/apsnetfeatures/Pages/Cranberries.aspx |archive-date=8 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The traditional English name for the plant more common in Europe, ''Vaccinium oxycoccos'', [[:ang:Fenberȝe|fenberry]], originated from plants with small red berries found growing in [[fen]] (marsh) lands of England.<ref name=oed/>[[File:Jonathan eastman johnson cranberry harvest.jpg|thumb|''The Cranberry Harvest on the Island of [[Nantucket, Massachusetts|Nantucket]]'', [[Eastman Johnson]], 1880.]]