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RANBERRY. . Class 8,, Order:. This useful berry is very abundant in the United States. It commonly grows in and about the little pools of the swampy moorlands, and the gatherers are often obliged to wade into the water to come at them, so that the pittance they thus win is dearly earned. The botanical name is one of odd sound but good meaning, being oxycoccus, from two Greek words meaning acid and fruit.