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 V. Pennsylvanicum and V. vacillans.
V. corymbosum is the tall blueberry.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |