blueberry bush


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Noun1.blueberry bush - any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberriesblueberry bush - any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries
genus Vaccinium, Vaccinium - evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere: cranberries; blueberries
huckleberry - any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries
farkleberry, sparkleberry, Vaccinium arboreum - shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries
low blueberry, low-bush blueberry, Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium pennsylvanicum - low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries
rabbiteye, rabbiteye blueberry, rabbit-eye blueberry, Vaccinium ashei - shrub of southeastern United States grown commercially especially for canning industry
dwarf bilberry, dwarf blueberry, Vaccinium caespitosum - low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries
high-bush blueberry, swamp blueberry, tall bilberry, Vaccinium corymbosum - high-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom; source of most cultivated blueberries
evergreen blueberry, Vaccinium myrsinites - shrub of the eastern United States having shining evergreen leaves and bluish-black fruit
evergreen huckleberry, Vaccinium ovatum - stiff bushy evergreen shrub of western North America having sour black berries and glossy green foliage used in floral arrangements
mountain blue berry, thin-leaved bilberry, Viccinium membranaceum, bilberry - erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries
bilberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus, whinberry, whortleberry - erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
bog bilberry, bog whortleberry, moor berry, Vaccinium uliginosum alpinum - an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves
dryland berry, dryland blueberry, Vaccinium pallidum - low deciduous shrub of the eastern United States bearing dark blue sweet berries
grouse whortleberry, grouseberry, grouse-berry, Vaccinium scoparium - shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries
deerberry, squaw huckleberry, Vaccinium stamineum - small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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