Blueberry
nounA small round dark blue edible fruit, or the shrub of the genus Vaccinium that bears it.
How to spell blueberry
9 letters · 3 syllables
How to pronounce blueberry
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does blueberry mean?
- nounA small round dark blue edible fruit, or the shrub of the genus Vaccinium that bears it.
Blueberry in a sentence
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He dropped a single blueberry into his bowl of yogurt.
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The recipe calls for one fresh blueberry on top of each muffin.
Where does blueberry come from?
Language of origin: Germanic
This is a transparent English compound formed from two native words: 'blue', describing the deep colour of the ripe fruit, and 'berry', the Old English 'berie' meaning a small, soft, juicy fruit. 'Blue' itself travelled into Middle English from Old French 'bleu', which traces back to a Germanic root for the colour, while 'berry' has been part of English since Anglo-Saxon times. The compound 'blueberry' is comparatively recent, recorded in North America in the late eighteenth century as English-speaking settlers named the wild fruit they found. The plant belongs to the genus Vaccinium and is closely related to the bilberry and cranberry. The spelling is wholly regular once you remember that 'berry' carries a double r, the chief stumbling point for a quick writer.
How the word is built
- blue (the colour)
- berry (small fruit)
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