(n.) 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 V. Pennsylvanicum and V. vacillans. V. corymbosum is the tall blueberry.
Example Sentences:
(1) When it was first licensed for the European food market six years ago, baobab was – with a certain inevitability –proclaimed a superfood to rival quinoa, blueberries and kale.
(2) Blueberry barrens stretch over several acres in Wesley, Maine.
(3) However, Innocent was one of the brands highlighted last year as containing high levels of sugar: a 250ml serving of its pomegranate, blueberry and acai smoothie contains 34g of sugar, around the same as a 330ml can of Coke.
(4) From blueberries to beetroot, there seems no end to the foods which are rich in antioxidants.
(5) Spoon into four dishes and pour over the blueberry sauce.
(6) I lost my heart to Kate Hackworthy's striking pink blueberry numbers though; please don't be put off by the idea of beetroot for breakfast – the flavour melts into the background, which is more than you can say for the colour.
(7) In 2013, the supermarket also increased the price of Waitrose blueberries to £3.99 for a week, before selling them on offer at £2.66 for more than a month.
(8) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Vladimir Putin sings Blueberry Hill
(9) In our private plan, [A] blueberry spots, blood blebs, [B] chocolate cyst, [C] periadnexal adhesions ([C']: only less involved side was evaluated) and [D] Closing change in cul-de-sac, were designated targets of evaluation and each was divided into 4 grades.
(10) Beetroot blueberry pancakes These bright pink pancakes liven up the breakfast table and are a great way to get some veg in the morning.
(11) A new strain of wound tumor virus (WTV) has been isolated from a periwinkle plant (Catharanthus roseus) that was among several used as bait plants in a blueberry field.
(12) If blueberry plants are given as an ad libitum supplement to this diet, the malady is prevented.
(13) Theme tune: On Blueberry Hill, performed by Putin .
(14) But I do remember one of the first things that had an effect on me as a child: hearing Fats Domino do Blueberry Hill.
(15) And when talking about Norah Jones (Portman and the multimillion-selling jazz-ish singer both star in Wong Kar Wai's upcoming My Blueberry Nights and are now best friends): 'Norah is a sweetheart.
(16) A full-term male infant was born with skin findings suggesting a blueberry muffin appearance.
(17) Mascarpone rice with blueberries: Nigel Slater The mention of blueberries in May won't please the more xenophobic cook, but our own season is absurdly short, and they are one of the fruits from which I will not be parted.
(18) The myricetin level in ripe fruits of cultivated blueberries and the quercetin level in ripe berries of privet was higher than in unripe.
(19) Black, red, and white currants, gooseberries and cultivated blueberries contained only small amounts of catechins (total up to 30 mg per kg).
(20) Plush sofas, theatrical curtains and funky lighting from competing chandeliers give the place an aesthetic that serves as the perfect setting for fusion martinis such as Rozameltini (pisco, kaffir lime and fresh blueberry juice, £8) or Mirotini (Grand Marnier, pisco, passion fruit and raspberry juice, £4.80).
Myrtle
Definition:
(n.) A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning.
Example Sentences:
(1) If the majority of relevant tree pollens are to be included in a diagnostic or therapeutic programme in Western Sweden it should contain birch, alder, hazel, beech and bog-myrtle allergens.
(2) Bratton said that after the shooting Brinsley fled into the Myrtle-Willoughby G-train station, where, on the westbound platform, he shot himself before officers could reach him.
(3) Three experiments on long-term isolation and educational deprivation of infants were performed 50 years ago by Myrtle McGraw and by Wayne and Marsena Dennis.
(4) Then they get the opportunity to make some tasty foods including wattleseed damper, kangaroo kebabs or sample lemon myrtle biscuits.
(5) Whether viewed as a museum piece from a less sexually expressive age, or a timeless English romance, or alternatively as a key gay text, as Richard Dyer suggests in his BFI Film Classics monograph ('the subject matter - forbidden love in ordinary lives - makes an obvious appeal to gay readers'), Brief Encounter is iconic: the clipped voices, the Banbury cakes, characters actually called Dolly and Myrtle.
(6) Romney and McCain are due there tonight, to prepare for a debate Thursday at Myrtle Beach.
(7) The granite rocks glow in shades of yellow, pink and orange, with the scent of juniper and myrtle all around.
(8) That was not the case, as best as I can remember.” At the Tuesday rally in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Trump ridiculed Kovaleski, telling supporters: “Now the poor guy.
(9) He then fled to the westbound platform of the Myrtle-Willoughby G-train station, where he shot himself once in the head.
(10) In January 1989, The Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Myrtle Street, moved to the Alder Hey branch site.
(11) Application of the age-adjusted target heart rate criterion recommended from Scandinavia and Myrtle Beach to patients with indeterminate results due to failure to reach target heart rate resulted in six false negative tests and lowered sensitivity.
(12) By the Victorian era, Art and Myrtle Mumby live in Larklight, a ramshackle old house that orbits in the deeps beyond the Moon, with British Standard Gravity to keep their feet on the ground.
(13) At the most recent Republican TV debate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Monday night, Paul even defended his position that the killing of Osama bin Laden was against international law.
(14) Positive reactions, often of high intensity, were most often found with birch, alder, bog-myrtle, beech and hazel allergens whereas oak, aspen, linden, elm, sallow, maple and poplar allergens more often gave negative or only weak positive test results.
(15) One hundred soil samples from sites in North, Centre and West of Spain were examined for their capacity to induce nodules in alder (Alnus glutinosa) and bog myrtle (Myrica gale).