highbush blueberry

noun

: a variable moisture-loving North American shrub (Vaccinium corymbosum) that is the source of most cultivated blueberries
also : its fruit

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But commercial growers around the world are increasingly planting highbush blueberries year-round, crowding the market. — Kate Olson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2024 So began the great blueberry boom: By the 1960s, highbush blueberries were grown in 13 states. — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 17 July 2023

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1852, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of highbush blueberry was in 1852

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