VACCINIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vaccinium mean? 

• VACCINIUM (noun)
  The noun VACCINIUM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: VACCINIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VACCINIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Vaccinium; Vaccinium

Hypernyms ("Vaccinium" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Vaccinium"):

cranberry (any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries)

blueberry; blueberry bush (any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries)

Holonyms ("Vaccinium" is a member of...):

Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)