VACCINIUM: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Matching Terms: | | Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium arboreum, Vaccinium ashei, Vaccinium caespitosum, Vaccinium corymbosum, Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium myrsinites, Vaccinium ovatum, Vaccinium oxycoccus, Vaccinium pallidum, Vaccinium pennsylvanicum, Vaccinium scoparium, Vaccinium stamineum, Vaccinium uliginosum alpinum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere: cranberries; blueberries |
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| | Synonyms: | | genus Vaccinium |
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| | See Also: | | blueberry, blueberry bush, cranberry, dilleniid dicot genus, Ericaceae, family Ericaceae, heath family | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Vac*cin"i*um\, n. [L., the blueberry, or
whortleberry.] (Bot.)
A genus of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of
blueberries and the true cranberries.
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