English Explanatory Dictionary

blueberry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening.
  2. The shrub of the above-mentioned berry.
  3. A dark blue colour.
  4. A kind of small spherical hematite-rich mineral concretion found on Mars.
adj
  1. Of a dark blue colour.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of blueberries.
  3. Containing bluberries.
verb
  1. To gather or forage for blueberries.
name
  1. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States.
  2. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈbluːb(ə)ɹi/ En-ca-blueberry.ogg blu'bĕ"rē /ˈbluˌbɛ.ɹi/ En-us-blueberry.ogg

Word forms

blueberry blueberries blueberrier blueberriest blueberrying blueberried Blueberrys

Etymology

From blue + berry.

Related words

bilberry ericaceous whortleberry

Derived words

blueb blueberrita blueberryade blueberrylike blueberry muffin baby blueberrytini cultivated blueberry European blueberry highbush blueberry lowbush blueberry Martian blueberry saskatoon blueberry sourtop blueberry southeastern blueberry bee wild blueberry
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