blueberry

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small, round, blue-black edible berry with a pale waxy bloom

   She stirred a handful of blueberries into the pancake batter.

2. 2
   noun

   a low or tall shrub of the genus Vaccinium that bears blueberries

   A wild blueberry grew beside the path in the acidic forest soil.

A transparent compound of blue + berry, named for the ripe fruit's blue-black skin and pale blue waxy coating. English has applied the name to several North American Vaccinium species and, by extension, to their edible fruit.

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