blueberry

== English == === Etymology === From blue +‎ berry. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbluːb(ə)ɹi/ (US) enPR: blu'bĕ"rē, IPA(key): /ˈbluˌbɛ.ɹi/ === Noun === blueberry (countable and uncountable, plural blueberries) (countable) An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening. Hypernyms: berry < fruit < produce Meronym: anthocyanin (countable) The shrub of the above-mentioned berry. (countable and uncountable) A dark blue colour. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === blueberry (comparative blueberrier, superlative blueberriest) Of a dark blue colour. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of blueberries. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === blueberry (third-person singular simple present blueberries, present participle blueberrying, simple past and past participle blueberried) To gather or forage for blueberries. 1939, Kathrene Pinkerton, Wilderness Life, Carrick and Evans (1939), page 179: We blueberried on an open flat beside the river. The ground was covered with great frosted blue globules, sweet and warm in the sunshine. 2002, Lois Kenyon Pesanelli, His Hand Upon Me for Miracles, 1st Books Library (2002), →ISBN, page 14: We decided to go blueberrying one day up in our hills. We grabbed our blueberry cans, hitched them to our belts, and headed for the blueberries. === See also === bilberry ericaceous whortleberry === Further reading === blueberry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Blueberries on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === berry blue