Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "cranberry" ƙarami ne, jajayen berry mai tsami wanda ke tsiro akan ƙananan kurangar inabi a cikin bogi a Arewacin Amirka, Turai, da Asiya. Ana amfani da ita wajen girki, musamman a miya da abin sha, kuma an santa da fa'idojin kiwon lafiya, musamman wajen hana kamuwa da yoyon fitsari.