blueberries

Variant of blueberry

blueberry definition

blue·berry (-ber′ē, -bər ē)

noun pl. blueberries -·ries

  1. ☆ any of a genus (Vaccinium) of shrubs of the heath family, bearing small, edible, blue-black berries with tiny seeds and a whitish, waxy bloom
  2. ☆ any of these berries

Etymology: ME bloberi < blo, blue + berie, berry

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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