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highbush blueberry

[ hahy-boosh ]
/ ˈhaɪˌbʊʃ /

noun

a spreading, bushy shrub, Vaccinium corymbosum, of eastern North America, having small, urn-shaped, white or pinkish flowers, and bluish-black edible fruit, growing about 10 feet (3 meters) high.

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Origin of highbush blueberry

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; high + bush1

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