blueberry

• Substantivo que designa a pequena baga azul-escura, doce e comestível, produzida por arbustos do gênero Vaccinium, especialmente a espécie Vaccinium corymbosum; também designa o próprio arbusto que a produz.

A noun referring to a small, sweet, dark-blue berry that grows on shrubs of the genus Vaccinium, as well as the shrub itself.

1. Edible fruitA1formal

   A small, round, dark-blue berry that is sweet and edible, commonly eaten fresh or used in cooking.

   Mirtilo

   • She added fresh blueberries to her morning yogurt.
   • Blueberry muffins are a popular breakfast treat.
   • The pie was filled with sweet blueberries.

2. Shrub plantB1formal

   A shrub of the genus Vaccinium that produces these berries, often found in acidic soil.

   Arbusto

   • The blueberry bushes in the garden are thriving this year.
   • Farmers cultivate blueberry plants for commercial harvest.
   • Wild blueberries grow in the forests of North America.

   Sinônimosblueberry bush