Blueberry

//ˈbluːb(ə)ɹi// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a dark blue colour.

    "> > > > > > The color choice in the shop was Plum, Orange Peel, Periwinkle, or > > > > > > Lime. […] > > > Periwinkle, now renamed blueberry. Second choice, orange peel. > > > It looks to my eye that "blueberry" is, uh, bluer than "periwinkle." […] On-site, Blueberry looked blueberrier than Periwinkle, but it does follow the Fruit Names theme more closely."

  2. 2
    Resembling or characteristic of blueberries. rare

    "Breyers finds the sweetest, sunniest blueberries. Gently presses their just-picked flavor into a smooth puree. Then mixes lavishly with Breyers famous Vanilla Ice Cream. The result—the tastiest blueberriest flavor ever!"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A surname. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening. countable

    "Meronym: anthocyanin"

  2. 2
    sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants wordnet
  3. 3
    The shrub of the above-mentioned berry. countable
  4. 4
    any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries wordnet
  5. 5
    A dark blue colour. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To gather or forage for blueberries.

    "We blueberried on an open flat beside the river. The ground was covered with great frosted blue globules, sweet and warm in the sunshine."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From blue + berry.

Etymology 2

From blue + berry.

Etymology 3

From blue + berry.

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