| 单词 | blue huckleberry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue huckleberry blue huckleberry n. North American any of various North American shrubs of the family Ericaceae which yield edible blue berries; esp. the dangleberry, Gaylussacia frondosa, of eastern North America (cf. blue-tangle n.), and several bilberries of the genus Vaccinium; (also) the berries of any of these plants. ΚΠ 1814 Amer. Med. & Philos. Reg. 4 549 Several fruits yield also very handsome colours... The blue huckleberry or whortleberry (Vaccinium) gives a blue superior to the mazarine. 1883 P. M. Hale Woods & Timbers N. Carolina 139 Blue Huckleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa)... The berries are dark blue, large and sweet. 1940 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times 14 June 25/3 The first true blue huckleberries are in, and loganberries from California. 2010 S. Benson et al. USA (Lonely Planet) (ed. 6) 1044/2 Another unique activity in the area is blue-huckleberry picking in the high meadows around the Indian Heaven Wilderness. < as lemmas |
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