blueberry Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries
blueberry bush.
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noun sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants
WordNet
Blue"berry noun
Etymology
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(Bot.) The berry of several species of Vaccinium , and ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets. The commonest species areV. Pennsylvanicum andV. vacillans .V. corymbosum is the tall blueberry.