blueberry

/ˌbluˈbɛri/

/ˈblubɛri/

Other forms: blueberries

Definitions of blueberry

1. noun

   any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries
   synonyms: blueberry bush

   types:

   huckleberry

   any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries

   Vaccinium arboreum, farkleberry, sparkleberry

   shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries

   Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium pennsylvanicum, low blueberry, low-bush blueberry

   low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries

   Vaccinium ashei, rabbit-eye blueberry, rabbiteye, rabbiteye blueberry

   shrub of southeastern United States grown commercially especially for canning industry

   Vaccinium caespitosum, dwarf bilberry, dwarf blueberry

   low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries

   Vaccinium corymbosum, high-bush blueberry, swamp blueberry, tall bilberry

   high-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom; source of most cultivated blueberries

   Vaccinium myrsinites, evergreen blueberry

   shrub of the eastern United States having shining evergreen leaves and bluish-black fruit

   Vaccinium ovatum, evergreen huckleberry

   stiff bushy evergreen shrub of western North America having sour black berries and glossy green foliage used in floral arrangements

   Viccinium membranaceum, bilberry, mountain blue berry, thin-leaved bilberry

   erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries

   Viccinium myrtillus, bilberry, blaeberry, whinberry, whortleberry

   erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries

   Vaccinium uliginosum alpinum, bog bilberry, bog whortleberry, moor berry

   an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves

   Vaccinium pallidum, dryland berry, dryland blueberry

   low deciduous shrub of the eastern United States bearing dark blue sweet berries

   Vaccinium scoparium, grouse whortleberry, grouse-berry, grouseberry

   shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries

   Vaccinium stamineum, deerberry, squaw huckleberry

   small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer

   type of:

   bush, shrub

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
2. noun

   sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants
   type of:

   berry

   any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves