Vaccinium
- noun
- /vækˈɪniəm/
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- Vaccinium blueberry
Examples
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Our late ripening variety is the evergreen huckleberry, Vaccinium ovatum, and it's often available right around Thanksgiving.
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The genus Vaccinium includes popular berry plants like blueberries and cranberries.
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Farmers often choose Vaccinium species for their ability to thrive in acidic soils.
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Many gardeners enjoy planting Vaccinium varieties for their sweet and nutritious fruits.
Compounds
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A low North American plant with trailing stems and red berries used for juice and sauce
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A wild blueberry bush with sour berries that grows in western US mountains
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A low shrub with shiny evergreen leaves and bluish-black berries that grows in the southeastern United States
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A low bush in northeastern North America that makes small sweet dark blue berries
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A small tree or bush from the eastern United States with black berries that are not eaten
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A shrub that produces edible berries grown in the southeastern United States for canning
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A low bush with pink flowers and sweet blue berries that grows in cold northern and mountain areas
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A stiff bushy evergreen shrub with glossy green leaves and sour black berries
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A small evergreen bush like a blueberry that grows in cold mountain areas
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A low evergreen shrub that grows in northern forests and makes small red edible berries called lingonberries
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A low bush that loses its leaves and has dark blue sweet berries like small wild blueberries
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A low bush in northeastern forests that makes small sweet dark blue berries
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A low shrub that grows in mountains and makes small red edible berries
Surface Forms
Etymology
Vaccinium comes from the old Latin word vaccinium, which was the name for the 'bilberry', a small wild berry. So today Vaccinium is used for a group of small bushes, like blueberries and cranberries, that make edible berries.