vaccinium : Idioms & Phrases

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genus vaccinium

  • noun evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere: cranberries; blueberries
    Vaccinium.
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vaccinium angustifolium

  • noun low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries
    low-bush blueberry; low blueberry; Vaccinium angustifolium.
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vaccinium arboreum

  • noun shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries
    farkleberry; sparkleberry.
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vaccinium ashei

  • noun shrub of southeastern United States grown commercially especially for canning industry
    rabbiteye blueberry; rabbiteye; rabbit-eye blueberry.
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vaccinium caespitosum

  • noun low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries
    dwarf blueberry; dwarf bilberry.
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vaccinium corymbosum

  • noun high-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom; source of most cultivated blueberries
    tall bilberry; high-bush blueberry; swamp blueberry.
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vaccinium macrocarpon

  • noun trailing red-fruited plant
    large cranberry; American cranberry.
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vaccinium myrsinites

  • noun shrub of the eastern United States having shining evergreen leaves and bluish-black fruit
    evergreen blueberry.
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vaccinium ovatum

  • noun stiff bushy evergreen shrub of western North America having sour black berries and glossy green foliage used in floral arrangements
    evergreen huckleberry.
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vaccinium oxycoccus

  • noun small red-fruited trailing cranberry of Arctic and cool regions of the northern hemisphere
    small cranberry; European cranberry.
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vaccinium pallidum

  • noun low deciduous shrub of the eastern United States bearing dark blue sweet berries
    dryland berry; dryland blueberry.
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vaccinium pennsylvanicum

  • noun low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries
    low-bush blueberry; low blueberry; Vaccinium angustifolium.
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vaccinium scoparium

  • noun shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries
    grouse-berry; grouseberry; grouse whortleberry.
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vaccinium stamineum

  • noun small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer
    deerberry; squaw huckleberry.
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vaccinium uliginosum alpinum

  • noun an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves
    bog bilberry; moor berry; bog whortleberry.
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vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • noun low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
    lingenberry; lingberry; lingonberry; mountain cranberry; foxberry; cowberry.
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