Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various plants of the genus Vaccinium, having white to reddish, urn-shaped or tubular flowers and edible blue to blue-black berries, especially the highbush blueberry and the lowbush blueberry.
- noun The fruit of any of these plants.
- noun A usually blue-gray spherule that is found in soil and sedimentary rock and is rich in hematite, produced by the weathering of rock or by precipitation from rock by moving groundwater.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In America: The fruit of several species of Vaccinium, ordinarily distinguished from the various kinds of huckleberry by its blue color and smaller seeds. The swamp or tall blueberry is the Vaccinium corymbosum; the low blueberry, V. vacillans; and the dwarf blueberry, V. Pennsylvanicum. See
bilberry . - noun Another name of the cohosh, Caulophyllum thalictroides.
- noun In Australia: The fruit of the blueberry-tree, or the tree itself.
- noun The berry-like fruit of Dianella lævis, of the lily family.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The berry of several species of Vaccinium, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets. The commonest species are
Vaccinium Pennsylvanicum andVaccinium vacillans .Vaccinium corymbosum is the tall blueberry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An edible round
berry belonging to thecowberry family. (A botanically false berry.) It has flared "crowns" at the end that turn blue on ripening. - noun The
shrub of the above-mentioned berry. - noun A dark blue
colour . - adjective Of a dark blue
colour . - verb To
gather orforage forblueberries .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries
- noun sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants
Etymologies
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Examples
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Kids who are 2 and 3 think the word blueberry is incredibly funny.
Make It Picture Perfect Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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They all sound yummy, but lemon-blueberry is one of my all-time favorite combos, so that gets my vote!
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One time I made blueberry pancakes and forgot to put the baking powder in, which resulted in blueberry hockey pucks that were barely edible.
One Hundred Things 2005
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One time I made blueberry pancakes and forgot to put the baking powder in, which resulted in blueberry hockey pucks that were barely edible.
Archive 2005-09-01 2005
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"All work is expression," Fra Elbertus says, so why may I not express myself in blueberry pie and tomato soup?
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"The findings of this preliminary study suggest that moderate-term blueberry supplementation can confer neurocognitive benefit," write researcher Robert Krikorian, of the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, and colleagues in the
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"The findings of this preliminary study suggest that moderate-term blueberry supplementation can confer neurocognitive benefit," write researcher Robert Krikorian, of the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, and colleagues in the
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"The findings of this preliminary study suggest that moderate-term blueberry supplementation can confer neurocognitive benefit," write researcher Robert Krikorian, of the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, and colleagues in the
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"The findings of this preliminary study suggest that moderate-term blueberry supplementation can confer neurocognitive benefit," write researcher Robert Krikorian, of the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, and colleagues in the
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"The findings of this preliminary study suggest that moderate-term blueberry supplementation can confer neurocognitive benefit," write researcher Robert Krikorian, of the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, and colleagues in the
misterpolly commented on the word blueberry
I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill
On Blueberry Hill, when I found you
My heart stood still on Blueberry Hill
and lingered until
my dreams came true.
a.k.a. bilberry in British English and Whinberry in Northern England
December 8, 2007
Prolagus commented on the word blueberry
This blueberry walks into a bar is a product you can find in a natural food store here in the USA.
April 7, 2008
bilby commented on the word blueberry
That's beautiful Pro.
April 7, 2008
reesetee commented on the word blueberry
Trader Joe's! It's the best. :-)
April 8, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word blueberry
A strain of medicinal marijuana.
January 15, 2010