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Vaccinium

Vaccinium

9.3
A group of small bushes like blueberry and cranberry that make edible berries
  • noun
  • /vækˈɪniəm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : Vaccinium
  • Vaccinium blueberry

Examples

  • 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.

  • Farmers often choose Vaccinium species for their ability to thrive in acidic soils.

  • Many gardeners enjoy planting Vaccinium varieties for their sweet and nutritious fruits.

Compounds

Vaccinium corymbosum
  • Specialized
9.6

A tall bush that produces the blueberries grown on farms

Vaccinium macrocarpon
  • Specialized
9.0

A low North American plant with trailing stems and red berries used for juice and sauce

9.9

A wild blueberry bush with sour berries that grows in western US mountains

Vaccinium myrsinites
  • Specialized
9.9

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

Vaccinium myrtillus
  • Specialized
9.9

A small European shrub that has edible blue-black berries

9.9

A low bush in northeastern North America that makes small sweet dark blue berries

Vaccinium arboreum
  • Specialized
9.9

A small tree or bush from the eastern United States with black berries that are not eaten

Vaccinium ashei
  • Specialized
8.8

A shrub that produces edible berries grown in the southeastern United States for canning

Vaccinium caespitosum
  • Specialized
9.9

A low bush with pink flowers and sweet blue berries that grows in cold northern and mountain areas

Vaccinium ovatum
  • Specialized
9.9

A stiff bushy evergreen shrub with glossy green leaves and sour black berries

A small evergreen bush like a blueberry that grows in cold mountain areas

Vaccinium vitis-idaea
  • Specialized
9.9

A low evergreen shrub that grows in northern forests and makes small red edible berries called lingonberries

Vaccinium pallidum
  • Specialized
8.8

A low bush that loses its leaves and has dark blue sweet berries like small wild blueberries

9.9

A low bush in northeastern forests that makes small sweet dark blue berries

Vaccinium scoparium
  • Specialized
9.9

A low shrub that grows in mountains and makes small red edible berries

Surface Forms

Vaccinium singular
Vacciniums plural

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.