vaccinium angustifolium
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berriesSynonyms: low-bush blueberrylow blueberryVaccinium angustifoliumVaccinium pennsylvanicum
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Bluets \Blu"ets\, n. [F. bluet, bleuet, dim. of bleu blue. See Blue, a.] (Bot.) A name given to several different species of plants having blue flowers, as the Houstonia c[oe]rulea, the Centaurea cyanus or bluebottle, and the Vaccinium angustifolium. [1913 Webster]