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evergreen blueberry

evergreen blueberry

6.6
A bush with shiny leaves that stay green all year and dark blue berries
  • noun
  • /ˈɛvərˌɡriːn ˈbluːˌbɛrɪ/
  • US
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  • The evergreen blueberry thrives in acidic woodland soils and produces fruit in late summer.

Examples

  • The glossy leaves of the evergreen blueberry make it an attractive ornamental shrub.

  • We planted an evergreen blueberry to attract birds to our garden year-round.

  • The evergreen blueberry thrives in acidic soil.

  • I saw an evergreen blueberry bush in the garden.

  • The evergreen blueberry thrives in acidic woodland soils and produces fruit in late summer.

  • The glossy leaves of the evergreen blueberry make it an attractive ornamental shrub.

  • We planted an evergreen blueberry to attract birds to our garden year-round.

Synonyms

Vaccinium myrsinites
vsevergreen blueberry
  • Specialized
9.9

A low shrub with shiny evergreen leaves and bluish-black berries that grows in the southeastern United States

is the common everyday name rather than the formal scientific term

Surface Forms

evergreen blueberry singular
evergreen blueberries plural

Morphology

evergreen + blueberry

The meaning is a straightforward compositional combination of 'evergreen' (keeps foliage year-round) + 'blueberry' (a shrub producing blue berries); as an adjective + noun compound the sense of an evergreen blueberry shrub is directly derivable. This adjectival modification pattern is common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

The plant name evergreen blueberry comes from the shrub's shiny leaves that stay green all year (evergreen) and its small blue fruit (blueberry). So the name simply tells you it is a blueberry that 'stays green all year'.