blueberry

Pronunciation: /ˈbluˌbɛ.ɹi/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries
  2. noun sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants

Etymology

From blue + berry.

In classic literature

Synonyms

blueberry bush

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
shrub
Narrower (hyponyms)
grouseberry, evergreen huckleberry, rabbiteye blueberry, dryland blueberry, bog bilberry, low-bush blueberry

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