English > blueberry: 2 senses > noun 1, plantMeaning | Any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries. |
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Synonym | blueberry bush |
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Member of | Vaccinium, genus Vaccinium | evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere |
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Narrower | bilberry, thin-leaved bilberry, mountain blue berry, Viccinium membranaceum | Erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries |
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bilberry, whortleberry, whinberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus | Erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries |
bog bilberry, bog whortleberry, moor berry, Vaccinium uliginosum alpinum | An evergreen shrub with leathery leaves |
deerberry, squaw huckleberry, Vaccinium stamineum | small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer |
dryland blueberry, dryland berry, Vaccinium pallidum | Low deciduous shrub of the eastern United States bearing dark blue sweet berries |
dwarf bilberry, dwarf blueberry, Vaccinium caespitosum | low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries |
evergreen blueberry, Vaccinium myrsinites | shrub of the eastern United States having shining evergreen leaves and bluish-black fruit |
evergreen huckleberry, Vaccinium ovatum | Stiff bushy evergreen shrub of western North America having sour black berries and glossy green foliage used in floral arrangements |
farkleberry, sparkleberry, Vaccinium arboreum | shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries |
grouseberry, grouse-berry, grouse whortleberry, Vaccinium scoparium | shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries |
high-bush blueberry, tall bilberry, swamp blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum | High-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct / distinct bloom |
huckleberry | Any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries |
low-bush blueberry, low blueberry, Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium pennsylvanicum | low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries |
rabbiteye blueberry, rabbit-eye blueberry, rabbiteye, Vaccinium ashei | shrub of southeastern United States grown commercially especially for canning industry |
Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
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