noun, plural blue·ber·ries.
- the edible, usually bluish berry of various shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium, of the heath family.
- any of these shrubs.
noun plural -ries
- Also called: huckleberry any of several North American ericaceous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium, such as V. pennsylvanicum, that have blue-black edible berries with tiny seedsSee also bilberry
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- the fruit of any of these plants
- (as modifier)blueberry pie