blue·ber·ry (bl  b r  )n. In both senses also called bilberry. 1. Any of numerous plants of the genus Vaccinium, having white to reddish, urn-shaped or tubular flowers and edible blue to blue-black berries. 2. The fruit of any of these plants. |
blueberry [ˈbluːbərɪ -brɪ]
n pl -ries
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called huckleberry any of several North American ericaceous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium, such as V. pennsylvanicum, that have blue-black edible berries with tiny seeds See also bilberry
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants)
a. the fruit of any of these plants
b. (as modifier) blueberry pie
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  blueberry - any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberriesgenus Vaccinium, Vaccinium - evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere: cranberries; blueberries huckleberry - any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries farkleberry, sparkleberry, Vaccinium arboreum - shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries low blueberry, low-bush blueberry, Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium pennsylvanicum - low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries rabbit-eye blueberry, rabbiteye, rabbiteye blueberry, Vaccinium ashei - shrub of southeastern United States grown commercially especially for canning industry 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 high-bush blueberry, swamp blueberry, tall bilberry, Vaccinium corymbosum - high-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom; source of most cultivated blueberries 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 mountain blue berry, thin-leaved bilberry, Viccinium membranaceum, bilberry - erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries bilberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus, whinberry, whortleberry - 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 dryland berry, dryland blueberry, Vaccinium pallidum - low deciduous shrub of the eastern United States bearing dark blue sweet berries grouse whortleberry, grouse-berry, grouseberry, Vaccinium scoparium - shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries 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 |
| 2. | blueberry - sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants berry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves 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 high-bush blueberry, swamp blueberry, tall bilberry, Vaccinium corymbosum - high-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom; source of most cultivated blueberries |
Translations
blueberry [ˈbluːbəri] n → myrtille f
blue-black [ˌbluˈblæk] adj → noir bleuté inv
blue blood n → sang m bleu
blue book n
blue-black [ˌbluˈblæk] adj → noir bleuté inv
blue blood n → sang m bleu
blue book n
(US) (in school) → cahier m d'examen
(British) → livre publication officielle du gouvernement britannique)m bleu >
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