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Image:Blueberries.jpg|thumb|right|350 px|Blueberries, definition 1

Etymology
From blue + berry.

Pronunciation
(RP): IPA|/�blu�b�ri/, SAMPA|/"blu:b@ri/
(WEAE): blu'b�"r�, /�blu.�b�.ri/, /<tt>"blu.%bE.ri</tt>/

Noun
en-noun|blueberries

1. An edible round berry belonging to the cowberry family. (A botanically false berry.) It has flared "crowns" at the end that turn blue on ripening.
2. The shrub of the above-mentioned berry.
3. colour A dark blue colour.

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Translations
trans-top|fruit
Albanian: boronicë f
Bosnian: borovnica f
Chinese: �� / �� (lán méi)
Croatian: borovnica f
Czech: borůvka f
Estonian: mustikas
Finnish: mustikka
French: myrtille f, bleuet m (Canada)
German: Blaubeere f, Heidelbeere f
Hebrew: he-translation|����נ��|ukhmaniá f, he-translation|����נ��ת|ukhmaniyót f|p
Hindi: न�लबदर� (nīlabadarī), ब�ल�ब�र� (blūb�rī)
Hungarian: áfonya
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Italian: mirtillo m
Japanese: ������ (burūberii)
Portuguese: mirtilo m
Romanian: afin� f
Russian: гол�бика f
Scottish Gaelic: braoileag f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: бо�овни�а f
:Latin: borovnica f
Slovene: borovnica f
Spanish: arándano m mora azul f
Swedish: blåbär n
Tamil: �வ�ரிந�ல�லி, avurinelli
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Bosnian: borovnica f
Finnish: mustikka, mustikkapensas
French: myrtille f
German: Blaubeere f
Hebrew: he-translation|����נ��ת|ukhmaniyót f|p
Italian: mirtillo m
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Romanian: afin m
Russian: гол�бика f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: бо�овни�а f
:Latin: borovnica f
Slovene: borovnica f
Swedish: blåbär n
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Adjective
blueberry (no compar or superl)

1. Containing blueberries or having the flavour of blueberries.

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1. Of a dark blue colour.

Translations

trans-top|containing blueberries or having the flavour of blueberries
Finnish: mustikka- prefix, mustikanmakuinen
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Russian: гол�би�н�й
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trans-top|of a dark blue colour
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Derived terms
highbush blueberry
lowbush blueberry
wild blueberry
cultivated blueberry

Related terms
berry

See also
bilberry
ericaceous
whortleberry
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

Category:Berries
Category:Blues
Category:Colors

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