genus vaccinium

1. 1.

   evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere: cranberries; blueberries

   SynonymsVaccinium

   Broaderdilleniid dicot genus

   Part ofEricaceae

Questions about genus vaccinium

What does genus vaccinium mean?

genus vaccinium means "evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere: cranberries; blueberries".

What is another word for genus vaccinium?

Close synonyms include Vaccinium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus vaccinium a common word?

genus vaccinium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.