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From: gh@utai.UUCP (Graeme Hirst)
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Subject: Re: On "orphaned" words.
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Date: Sun, 14-Apr-85 15:00:17 EST
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> The term "cran morpheme" is based on  the compound "cranberry", where "berry" has a meaning,
> but the remainder "cran" is not used elsewhere in English.

The usual story is that "cranberry" is derived from "craneberry", because the
shape of the plant's flower resembles a crane's head.  At Ocean Spray's
cranberry museum in Plymouth, Mass., they give away badges showing the flower
and a crane.
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