'Vaccinium vacillans' definitions:

Definition of 'Vaccinium vacillans'

From: GCIDE
  • Blueberry \Blue"berry\, n. [Cf. Blaeberry.] (Bot.) The berry of several species of Vaccinium, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets. The commonest species are Vaccinium Pennsylvanicum and Vaccinium vacillans. Vaccinium corymbosum is the tall blueberry. [1913 Webster]