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blueberry

UK /ˈbluːb(ə)ɹi/US /ˈbluˌbɛ.ɹi/

noun 4
adjective 3
verb 1
forms 5

noun4

An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening.
The shrub of the above-mentioned berry.
A dark blue colour.
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(informal) A kind of small spherical hematite-rich mineral concretion found on Mars.
- On sol 46 (March 11, 2004 on Earth), Opportunity gathered data on a cluster of blueberries and confirmed the team's suspicions that this area of Mars once contained liquid water. — 2023

adjective3

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(rare) Resembling or characteristic of blueberries.
- The blueberry muffin with the blueberriest flavor. / More blueberry flavor than any other mix. […] If you like more blueberry flavor in your muffins, this is the one. — 1970
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(rare) Containing blueberries.
- Down leaped Ron and milked the frothiest, fruitiest, blueberriest milkshake anybody had ever tasted. — 2005
Of a dark blue colour.

verb1

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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. — 1939

forms

blueberried · blueberrying · blueberries · blueberrier · blueberriest

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