BLUEBERRY


Meaning of BLUEBERRY in English

n.

Any of several shrubs, native to North America, of the genus Vaccinium in the heath family .

They are prized for their sweet edible fruits, a source of vitamin C and iron. Blueberries grow only in highly acidic and well-drained but moist soils. The highbush blueberry ( V. corymbosum ), economically and ornamentally the most important species, is in the U.S. cultivated primarily in Maine, New Jersey, southwestern Michigan, and eastern North Carolina.

Blueberry.

Grant Heilman

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