blueberry

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English blue Middle English berye English berry English blueberry From blue + berry.

1. Of a dark blue colour.

   “> > > > > > The color choice in the shop was Plum, Orange Peel, Periwinkle, or > > > > > > Lime. […] > > > Periwinkle, now renamed blueberry. Second choice, orange peel. > > > It looks to my eye that "blueberry" is, uh, bluer than "periwinkle." […] On-site, Blueberry looked blueberrier than Periwinkle, but it does follow the Fruit Names theme more closely.”

2. Resembling or characteristic of blueberries.

   “Breyers finds the sweetest, sunniest blueberries. Gently presses their just-picked flavor into a smooth puree. Then mixes lavishly with Breyers famous Vanilla Ice Cream. The result—the tastiest blueberriest flavor ever!”

   “The blueberry muffin with the blueberriest flavor. / More blueberry flavor than any other mix. […] If you like more blueberry flavor in your muffins, this is the one.”

3. Containing bluberries.

   “Down leaped Ron and milked the frothiest, fruitiest, blueberriest milkshake anybody had ever tasted.”

   “The idea of a bagel had whetted my appetite so I made my way to Amy’s place near the park. / “Tommy! Good to see you, honey! Fresh blueberry, today.” / “You always know what I want. That’s great! Thanks.” / “Where’s Gussy?” she asked as she picked though the assortment. “I’ll find you the largest, blueberriest, one of the lot.” / “Blueberriest?” came Gus’s amused voice from behind me.” / “I understood,” I said. / It seemed that both Amy’s dictionary and mine were significantly different from his.”

name

1. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States.
2. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English blue Middle English berye English berry English blueberry From blue + berry.

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

   “Meronym: anthocyanin”

   “Applesaucey Tricks Galore / Looks elaborate but isn’t: Take bakers sponge cake shells. In each one put a big spoonful of canned apple sauce, then a scoop of vanilla ice cream and top all with blueberry sauce, or with the fresh berries.”

2. The shrub of the above-mentioned berry.
3. A dark blue colour.
4. A kind of small spherical hematite-rich mineral concretion found on Mars.

   “On sol 46 (March 11, 2004 on Earth), Opportunity gathered data on a cluster of blueberries and confirmed the team's suspicions that this area of Mars once contained liquid water.”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English blue Middle English berye English berry English blueberry From blue + berry.

1. To gather or forage for blueberries.

   “We blueberried on an open flat beside the river. The ground was covered with great frosted blue globules, sweet and warm in the sunshine.”

   “The "white longlegged, long-necked bird" seen by your Ayer reader while she was blueberrying on the shore of a pond was either the Little Blue Heron in white phase or immature, […]”