Associations to the word «Vaccinium»

Wiktionary

VACCINIUM, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae   — shrubs including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry or whortleberry, cowberry or lingonberry, and some huckleberry.
VACCINIUM, noun. (botany) Any of the genus Vaccinium of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.
VACCINIUM ERYTHROCARPUM, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae   — the southern mountain cranberry, native to the southeastern United States.
VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae   — the whortleberry.
VACCINIUM OXYCOCCOS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae   — the common cranberry.
VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae   — northern bilberry or bog bilberry.
VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae   — the lingonberries.

Dictionary definition

VACCINIUM, noun. Evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere: cranberries; blueberries.

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