lowbush blueberry

[ loh-boosh ]

noun

1. a shrub, Vaccinium angustifolium, of eastern North America, having small, white flowers and blue-black fruit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lowbush blueberry¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; low ¹ + bush ¹

Example Sentences

From Québec to British Columbia, honey bee colonies were given the job of pollinating some of Canada's most valuable crops -- apples, canola oil and seed, highbush and lowbush blueberry, soybean, cranberry and corn.

From Science Daily

Native bee populations are not substantial enough to support the state’s roughly 3,800 acres of lowbush blueberry fields.

From Scientific American

Just beyond was the thicket of sassafras and lowbush blueberry shrubs.

From New York Times

A March fly rests on one the stem of a lowbush blueberry.

From New York Times

These areas support native plants like lowbush blueberry and Juneberry that prefer the bluffs’ acidic soil.

From New York Times