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blueberries
Cluster of the true berries of the highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum).
Scott Bauer/USDA
blueberry flowers
Urn-shaped blueberry flowers (Vaccinium species).
© Miyuki Satake/Shutterstock.com
highbush blueberries
Cluster of highbush blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum).
© MarcQuebec—iStock/Getty Images
blueberry
Ripening berries on a blueberry bush (Vaccinium species).
Grant Heilman/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
dodder
Dodder (Cuscuta), a seed-producing parasite, entwined around blueberry (Vaccinium).
Courtesy of Dr. W.V. Welker, weed scientist, USDA (retired)
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