Blueberry vs. Myrtle

Blueberrynoun

(countable) An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening.

Myrtlenoun

An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.

Blueberrynoun

(countable) The shrub of the above-mentioned berry.

Myrtlenoun

A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning.

Blueberrynoun

A dark blue colour.

Myrtlenoun

widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers

Blueberryadjective

Of a dark blue colour.

Myrtlenoun

any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus

Blueberryverb

To gather or forage for blueberries.

Blueberrynoun

The berry of several species of Vaccinium, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets. The commonest species are Vaccinium Pennsylvanicum and Vaccinium vacillans. Vaccinium corymbosum is the tall blueberry.

Blueberrynoun

any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries

Blueberrynoun

sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants

Blueberrynoun

a small sweet blue-black edible berry which grows in clusters on North American shrubs related to the bilberry.

Blueberrynoun

one of the dwarf shrubs that produces blueberries, some kinds being cultivated for their fruit or as ornamentals.

Blueberry

Blueberries are a widely distributed and widespread group of perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section Cyanococcus within the genus Vaccinium.