blueberry

[ bloo-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

/ ˈbluˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

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noun, plural blue·ber·ries.

the edible, usually bluish berry of various shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium, of the heath family.

any of these shrubs.

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Origin of blueberry

First recorded in 1700–10; blue + berry

Words nearby blueberry

bluebead, Bluebeard, bluebeat, bluebell, blue beret, blueberry, bluebill, blue billy, bluebird, blue-black, blue blood

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How to use blueberry in a sentence

This delicious malbec has energy and flavors of blueberries and blackberries dusted with cocoa.
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Bumblebees are important pollinators and, for certain plants, such as tomatoes and blueberries, are better pollinators than honeybees.
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Neal Robertson from Scotland won in 2011 with a cinnamon and nutmeg-spiked porridge topped with a blueberry compote.
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Pick or just buy the local grown blueberries at Blue Star farms.
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It’s like working out where to place blueberries on a muffin to get the best taste.
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She has baked delicious blueberry muffins for me to eat during this interview.
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When was the last time you heard of someone with a sweet potato, broccoli, or blueberry intolerance?
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This past weekend, my 5-year-old boy and I made blueberry muffins from scratch.
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Every week he tried something new: banana, blueberry, strawberry, combinations, you name it.
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From blueberry-free blueberry muffins to nutty cereals with no nuts, how foodmakers hoodwink their customers.
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After we had had out our laugh, Lop-Ear and I curved back in our flight and got breakfast in the blueberry swamp.
Before Adam|Jack London
Most of the survivors fled toward the blueberry swamp and took refuge in the forest in that neighborhood.
Before Adam|Jack London
Slight bendings and bruises of the blueberry and laurel scrub caught her notice.
The Backwoodsmen|Charles G. D. Roberts
As the sides of the gully were covered with blueberry bushes, the young Delaware understood why the bear had chosen that route.
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Hard maples and oaks grew crimson and scarlet and the blueberry bushes and sumachs glowed like piles of fire.
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British Dictionary definitions for blueberry

blueberry

/ (ˈbluːbərɪ, -brɪ) /

noun plural -ries

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 seedsSee also bilberry

the fruit of any of these plants
(as modifier)blueberry pie

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