vaccinium Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere: cranberries; blueberries
    genus Vaccinium.

WordNet


Vac*cin"i*um noun
Etymology
L., the blueberry, or whortleberry.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.

Webster 1913