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blueberry en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈbluˌbɛ.ɹi/ (US)
• blu'bĕ"rē (US)
• /ˈbluːb(ə)ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Canada) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁wos Proto-Germanic *blēwaz Proto-West Germanic *blāubor. Late Latin blāvus Anglo-Norman bleubor. Middle English blew English blue Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Middle English berie English berry English blueberry From blue + berry.

Meanings

1. Of a dark blue colour.
   • > > > > > > The color choice in the shop was Plum, Orange Peel, Periwinkle, or > > > > > > Lime. […] > > > Periwinkle, now renamed blueberry. Second choice, orange peel. > > > It looks to my eye that "blueberry" is, uh, bluer than "periwinkle." […] On-site, Blueberry looked blueberrier than Periwinkle, but it does follow the Fruit Names theme more closely. 2007 September 9, Veronique, “Bowls”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2024:
2. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of blueberries.
   • Breyers finds the sweetest, sunniest blueberries. Gently presses their just-picked flavor into a smooth puree. Then mixes lavishly with Breyers famous Vanilla Ice Cream. The result—the tastiest blueberriest flavor ever! 1964 August 24, Breyers, “blueberry vanilla ice cream”, in The Daily Record, volume 75, number 122, Stroudsburg, Pa., page 5:
   • When I was a kid, my mom bought a brand of super-cheap imitation blueberry muffin mix that had a tagline on the box: “Blueberrier than real blueberries!” 2014, Brooks Headley with Chris Cechin-De La Rosa, Brooks Headley’s Fancy Desserts: The Recipes of Del Posto’s James Beard Award–Winning Pastry Chef, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 69, column 1:
   • 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 February, Betty Crocker, “The blueberry muffin with the blueberriest flavor”, in Better Homes and Gardens, volume 48, number 2, Des Moines, Ia.: Meredith Corporation, page 107:
   • IT’S THE BLUEBERRIEST TASTING MUFFIN MIX AROUND! […] New Improved Betty Crocker® Wild Blueberry Muffin Mix makes the blueberriest tasting muffins because we added more blueberry flavor. […] So they taste blueberrier than any other brand. 1978 October, Betty Crocker, “It’s new! It’s improved! It’s the blueberriest tasting muffin mix around!”, in Better Homes and Gardens, volume 56, number 10, Des Moines, Ia.: Meredith Corporation, page 143:
3. (rare) Containing blueberries.
   • You name the occasion and I’m making a blueberry pie for him to celebrate. Over the years, I’ve come up with several tricks to make this the blueberriest, fruitiest, most delicious pie ever. 2010, Joanne Chang with Christie Matheson, Flour: Spectacular Recipes from Boston’s Flour Bakery + Cafe, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 217:
   • The idea of a bagel had whetted my appetite so I made my way to Amy’s place near the park. / “Tommy! Good to see you, honey! Fresh blueberry, today.” / “You always know what I want. That’s great! Thanks.” / “Where’s Gussy?” she asked as she picked though the assortment. “I’ll find you the largest, blueberriest, one of the lot.” / “Blueberriest?” came Gus’s amused voice from behind me.” / “I understood,” I said. / It seemed that both Amy’s dictionary and mine were significantly different from his. 2005 June 30, David Drake, “Renewing Old Acquaintances”, in Tommy Powers and the Mutant Stranger (Tommy Powers; 2), Fayetteville, Ark.: The Family of Man Press, →ISBN, page 37:
   • Fat-Free Blueberry Muffins / The “blueberriest” of muffins and low fat, too! 2007, The Bakers at Hodgson Mill, Hodgson Mill Whole Grain Baking: 400 Healthy and Delicious Recipes for Muffins, Breads, Cookies, and More, Beverly, Mass.: Fair Winds Press, →ISBN, page 348:
   • Down leaped Ron and milked the frothiest, fruitiest, blueberriest milkshake anybody had ever tasted. 2005 May 24, Rowan Clifford, Rodeo Ron and His Milkshake Cows, New York, N.Y.: Borzoi Books, Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN:

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Translations (2)

pl jagodowy (of a dark blue colour) · fi mustikansininen (of a dark blue colour)

blueberry en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈbluˌbɛ.ɹi/ (US)
• blu'bĕ"rē (US)
• /ˈbluːb(ə)ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Canada) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁wos Proto-Germanic *blēwaz Proto-West Germanic *blāubor. Late Latin blāvus Anglo-Norman bleubor. Middle English blew English blue Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Middle English berie English berry English blueberry From blue + berry.

Meanings

1. (countable) An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening.
   • Applesaucey Tricks Galore / Looks elaborate but isn’t: Take bakers sponge cake shells. In each one put a big spoonful of canned apple sauce, then a scoop of vanilla ice cream and top all with blueberry sauce, or with the fresh berries. 1962 July 29, Features Magazine (Wichita Falls Times), Wichita Falls, Tex., page 20, column 1:
   • “And the Majestic Milky Way is pretty popular as well,” said Chad, whose personal favorite is the new Berry Potter, with vanilla ice cream, swirling blueberries and graham crackery Muggle crunch (Muggles are non-magic folk in the Harry Potter empire). 2006 August 10, Dick Johnson, “Ice cream: You never get sick of the stuff, workers say”, in Globe Gazette, Mason City, Ia., page A2, column 5:
   • Meronym: anthocyanin
2. (countable) The shrub of the above-mentioned berry.
3. (countable, uncountable) A dark blue colour.
4. (countable, 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, Katie L. Carroll, Selfies From Mars: The True Story of Mars Rover Opportunity, page 2:

Forms

Deriveds

blueberrytini · blueb · cultivated blueberry · blueberryade · southeastern blueberry bee · wild blueberry · highbush blueberry · saskatoon blueberry · blueberrita · blueberrylike · blueberry muffin baby · Martian blueberry · blueberry ash · lowbush blueberry · sourtop blueberry · European blueberry

Hypernyms

berry · fruit · produce

Translations (181)

oj miinan (fruit) · da blåbær (plant) · sq qershizë (fruit) · alt кӧккат (plant) · lld gialvëija (fruit) · sq thrashegër (fruit) · myv пичумарина (plant) · mhn schbòrzper (fruit) · tr yaban mersini (fruit) · fi mustikka (fruit) · fa بلوبری (fruit) · az cır mərsin (plant) · aln manabor (plant) · es arándano azul (fruit) · gd braoileag (fruit) · de see Thesaurus:Heidelbeere (plant) · ca mirtil (plant) · pdt Heidelbäa (fruit) · fo bláber (fruit) · ms beri biru (fruit) · izh mussikka (plant) · yi אַפֿענע (fruit) · aln manabor (fruit) · hy հապալաս (fruit) · sh боровница (fruit) · is bláber (fruit) · nds Bickbeer (fruit) · yi טשערניצע (fruit) · ar بْلُو بيرِي (plant) · ti ሰማያዊ ጐምጠጥ (fruit) · ky голубика (plant) · pt mirtilo (fruit) · ro afină (fruit) · sv amerikanskt blåbär (plant) · pl czarna jagoda (plant) · la vaccīnium (fruit) · es anavia azul (plant) · eo vakcinio (plant) · tli kanat'á (fruit) · gwi jàk zheii (plant) · eu ahabia (fruit) · sh borovnica (fruit) · cs borůvka (plant) · aii ܡܝܼܪܛܸܠܵܐ (fruit) · aht gigi gheli (fruit) · nv dzidzé łikaní dootłʼizhígíí (fruit) · kl kigutaarnaq (fruit) · atv карачийлек (plant) · lb Molbier (fruit) · fr myrtille (fruit) · sw beri ya buluu (fruit) · ga fraochán gorm (fruit) · mi tūrutu (plant) · it mirtillo (fruit) · ky голубика (fruit) · ast arándanu (fruit) · de see Thesaurus:Heidelbeere (fruit) · sva ცი:ნყა (plant) · uk брусника (fruit) · he אוכמניות (fruit) · tr yaban mersini (plant) · yue 藍莓 /蓝莓 (fruit) · ru голуби́ка (plant) · pl borówka (fruit) · pt mirtilo (plant) · sq kulumri (fruit) · esu curaq (fruit) · sq boronicë (fruit) · fy blaubei (fruit) · mi tūrutu (fruit) · cs borůvka (fruit) · vi việt quất xanh (fruit) · gl arando (fruit) · eo mirtelo (plant) · es mortiño azul (fruit) · ro afin (plant) · rup afinã (fruit) · ca mirtil (fruit) · nn blåbær (plant) · sh borovnica (plant) · ru черни́ка (plant) · fi mustikkapensas (plant) · xmf მელიშია (plant) · ltg meļneica (fruit) · xpq sôht (fruit) · io mirtelo (fruit) · es arándano (fruit) · fo aðalbláber (fruit) · ka მოცვი (plant) · pl czarna jagoda (fruit) · mi rēua (fruit) · pl jagoda (fruit) · mt mirtilla (fruit) · eu ahabia (plant) · he אוכמניות (plant) · ca nabinera (plant) · sk čučoriedka (fruit) · fi mustikka (plant) · lt mėlynė (fruit) · gl arandeira (plant) · az mərcanı (fruit) · nb blåbær (plant) · hy հապալասենի (plant) · pl jagoda (plant) · nl blauwe bosbes (fruit) · sw rangi ya buluuberi (colour) · sq qershigël (fruit) · sv amerikanskt blåbär (fruit) · lv mellene (fruit) · es anavia azul (fruit) · fr myrtille (plant) · af bloubessie (fruit) · nb blåbær (fruit) · sl borovnica (fruit) · ca nabiu (fruit) · sh боровница (plant) · gwi dindèzri’ (fruit) · ky черника (plant) · el μύρτιλο (fruit) · et mustikas (fruit) · fi pensasmustikka (fruit) · ang hǣþberġe (fruit) · ar بْلُو بيرِي (fruit) · ka მოცვი (fruit) · izh mussikka (fruit) · bg боровинка (fruit) · uk чорниця (fruit) · az cır qaragilə (plant) · pl kolor jagodowy (colour) · uk синенька (fruit) · sw mbuluuberi (plant) · pl borówka (plant) · hu áfonya (fruit) · es mora azul (fruit) · mn нэрс (fruit) · rup afin (plant) · it mirtillo (plant) · ru черни́ка (fruit) · gwi anłuh (fruit) · az qaragilə (fruit) · dsb carnica (fruit) · ro coacăz negru (plant) · hi नीलबदरी (fruit) · nn blåbær (fruit) · ja ブルーベリー (fruit) · ru голуби́ка (fruit) · da blåbær (fruit) · eo mirtelo (fruit) · xmf მელფა (plant) · gwi jak naaluu (unripe, Teetł'it) (fruit) · ro coacăză neagră (fruit) · ast arandanera (plant) · id bluberi (fruit) · gd lus nan dearc (plant) · he אוכמנית (fruit) · gwi dindèzrii (ripe, Teetł'it) (fruit) · es arándano azul (plant) · oc abajon (fruit) · ko 블루베리 (fruit) · es mortiño azul (plant) · cmn 藍莓 /蓝莓 (fruit) · nb blåbærplante (plant) · tl arandanong bughaw (fruit) · ka მოცვისფერი (colour) · sl borovnica (plant) · atv карачийлек (fruit) · cy llusen America (fruit) · ar تُوت أَزْرَق (plant) · hi ब्लूबेरी (fruit) · mk боровинка (fruit) · alt кӧккат (fruit) · myv пичумарь (fruit) · fur glasine (fruit) · fur cernicule (fruit) · rm izun (fruit) · fr bleuet (fruit) · ar تُوت أَزْرَق (fruit) · sw buluuberi (fruit) · ta அவுரிநெல்லி (fruit) · fi mustikansininen (colour) · gwi jak zheii/jak nalyuu (Teetł’it) (plant)

blueberry en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈbluˌbɛ.ɹi/ (US)
• blu'bĕ"rē (US)
• /ˈbluːb(ə)ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Canada) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁wos Proto-Germanic *blēwaz Proto-West Germanic *blāubor. Late Latin blāvus Anglo-Norman bleubor. Middle English blew English blue Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Middle English berie English berry English blueberry From blue + berry.

Meanings

1. To gather or forage for blueberries.
   • On some of the richest days, when a moose stalks by or a bear is blueberrying or munching hazelnuts outside, I think of my house as a bathysphere suspended in the wilderness. 2000, Edward Hoagland, “A Peaceable Kingdom”, in Tigers & Ice: Reflections on Nature and Life, The Lyons Press, →ISBN, page 61:
   • "Come, Aunt Flo. I'll show you where we go blueberrying. Last year we got almost a bushel of berries, and Papa says they should be ripe now." 2002, Loretta Ellsworth, The Shrouding Woman, Henry Holt and Company, published 2002, →ISBN:
   • Pointy fraise de bois went through it all with undiminished generosity (so small a plant for all that giving!) and the picking was fine, for the birds were off blueberrying and taking the late raspberries just as they ripened. 2000, Robert Dash, Notes from Madoo: Making a Garden in the Hamptons, Houghton Mifflin Company, published 2000, →ISBN, page 152:
   • We decided to go blueberrying one day up in our hills. We grabbed our blueberry cans, hitched them to our belts, and headed for the blueberries. 2002, Lois Kenyon Pesanelli, His Hand Upon Me for Miracles, 1st Books Library (2002), page 14
   • Sarah and I have been blueberrying together off and on since the summer of '64. This morning, armed with our pots and pans, we went out and picked two quarts of wild berries and then came home and made a cake. 1988, Ms. Magazine, volume 17, numbers 1-6, page 38:
   • They had not passed again in the surrey going to the Forks, nine miles away, and none of the girls had been blueberrying among the bushes at the edge of the woods. 1951, Elizabeth Coatsworth, The Enchanted: An Incredible Tale, Pantheon, published 1951, page 62:
   • 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, Kathrene Pinkerton, Wilderness Life, Carrick and Evans (1939), page 179
   • The "white longlegged, long-necked bird" seen by your Ayer reader while she was blueberrying on the shore of a pond was either the Little Blue Heron in white phase or immature, […] 1947 August 26, Robert Wallcott, Albert Hale, “What People Talk About”, in Daily Boston Globe:

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Relateds

whortleberry · bilberry · ericaceous