I grow floating across flooded bogs, and my name sounds like a tall, long-legged wading bird mixed with a sweet autumn fruit. What tart treat am I, boiled into sauce for the roasted turkey?
A cranberry
A cranberry sounds like 'crane-berry' (named because its blossoms resemble the head of a sandhill crane) and is made into cranberry sauce.
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