Vaccinium

See also: vaccinium

Translingual

Vaccinium oxycoccos

Etymology

From Latin vaccīnium (“the blueberry”).

Proper noun

Vaccinium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – shrubs including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry or whortleberry, cowberry or lingonberry, and some huckleberry.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Ericaceae - family; Vaccinioideae - subfamily; Vaccinieae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Vaccinium uliginosum - type species; Vaccinium erythrocarpum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Vaccinium myrtillus, Vaccinium oxycoccos - selected other species; for sections and other species, see Vaccinium on WikispeciesWikispecies ; for sections see Vaccinium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Vaccinium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Vaccinium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Vaccinium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Vaccinium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Vaccinium at USDA Plants database
• Vaccinium at Tropicos
• Vaccinium at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Vaccinium at Plants of the World Online