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- adjective Being, or coming from, a
bush of highstature (used in names of certain fruits, such ashighbush blueberry and highbush cranberry).
Etymologies
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Examples
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The July and November 2001 issues carried conflicting reader reports about "highbush" cranberries ( "Cranberry Catharsis" and "Learning to Love Highbush Cranberries").
Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles By Sam Thayer 2010
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to the wiseacre who suggested that we just buy some from the grocery store, i submitted that our local stores only have 'highbush' blueberries available for purchase, a berry which in my esteemed and well-qualified berry-opinion pales dramatically in comparison to the flavour and character of the 'lowbush', or wild blueberry.
Philogynist 2008
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to the wiseacre who suggested that we just buy some from the grocery store, i submitted that our local stores only have 'highbush' blueberries available for purchase, a berry which in my esteemed and well-qualified berry-opinion pales dramatically in comparison to the flavour and character of the 'lowbush', or wild blueberry.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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Today, forestry, cranberries, highbush blueberries, and residential developments are major economic pursuits in the Pine Barrens.
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The southern highbush varieties, Sunshine Blue and Misty, do well in much of California.
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The seeded pulp of the highbush cranberry can be used interchangeably with the pulp of the regular cranberry in any recipe.
Archive 2007-10-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2007
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If you have ever smelled something reminiscent of stinky socks on a stroll through the bush, you are likely very close to a good patch of highbush cranberries.
Archive 2007-10-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2007
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The seeded pulp of the highbush cranberry can be used interchangeably with the pulp of the regular cranberry in any recipe.
VEGAN IN WHITEHORSE? Bryanna Clark Grogan 2007
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Dominant shrubs include bayberry, black cherry, highbush blueberry, shadbush, poison ivy and European bittersweet.
Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Rhode Island 2007
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Common shrubs include bayberry, highbush blueberry, and shadbush.
Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Rhode Island 2007
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