
Define the word Vaccinium angustifolium"Vaccinium angustifolium" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
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]
"Vaccinium angustifolium" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
Vaccinium angustifolium
n : low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America
having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark
blue berries [syn: low-bush blueberry, low blueberry,
Vaccinium pennsylvanicum]
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