blueberry n 1: any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries [syn: {blueberry}, {blueberry bush}] 2: sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high- growing blueberry plants
Blueberry \Blue"berry\, n. [Cf. {Blaeberry}.] (Bot.) The berry of several species of {Vaccinium}, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets. The commonest species are {Vaccinium Pennsylvanicum} and {Vaccinium vacillans}. {Vaccinium corymbosum} is the tall blueberry. [1913 Webster]