low-bush blueberry

Related to low-bush blueberry: highbush blueberry

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low-bush blueberry - low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries

low blueberry, Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium pennsylvanicum

blueberry, blueberry bush - any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries

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Stomach, prostate, intestine, and breast cancer cells were shown to be inhibited when patients were tested with an array of different berry juices, including raspberry, black currant, white currant, gooseberry, velvet leaf blueberry, low-bush blueberry, and other lesser-known berry types.

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Now marketed under the banner of Algoma Highlands Wild Blueberry Farm, the low-bush blueberry plantation operates on land the couple purchased in 2006.