blueberry
Americannoun
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blueberries
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the edible, usually bluish berry of various shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium, of the heath family.
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any of these shrubs.
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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
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the fruit of any of these plants
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( as modifier )
blueberry pie
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Zhang has been working on a system to automatically count the number of blueberries, external captured in smartphone images of blueberry bushes.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
For Chinese consumers, it was a blueberry bonanza.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
In 2021, China overtook the U.S. as the world’s top blueberry grower, and by 2025 its annual production was double what it was in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Investigators posed as blueberry farmers to buy sample plants from the grower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
In the United States the arsenic-drenched soils of tobacco plantations, of many orchards in the Northwest, and of blueberry lands in the East may easily lead to pollution of water supplies.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
It matters because prices for fruit, especially high-value berries such as strawberries or blueberries can fluctuate wildly.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Zhang has been working on a system to automatically count the number of blueberries, external captured in smartphone images of blueberry bushes.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Lamar had brought a bag of fresh blueberries to her mother’s appointment with Tan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
First Lamar fed Jessie the blueberries, and then Tan took over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Hannah had set a wooden trencher on the table with a small comcake studded with blueberries, and beside it a gourd filled with yellow goat’s milk.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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