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Definition of Highbush
1. Adjective. Being, or coming from, a bush of high stature (context: used in names of certain fruits, such as highbush blueberry and highbush cranberry). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Highbush
1. forming a tall bush [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Highbush
Literary usage of Highbush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Fruit Culturist by John Jacobs Thomas (1897)
"The common huckleberry of the markets. Canada Blueberry. ( V. Canadensis.)
Grows in dry sandy and rocky soil; berries round, blue, good. highbush Blueberry. ..."
2. The American Fruit Culturist by Jon Jacob Thomas (1897)
"The common huckleberry of the markets. Canada Blueberry. ( V. Canadensis.)
Grows in dry sandy and rocky soil; berries round, blue, good. highbush Blueberry. ..."
3. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"highbush-cranberry. A shrub four to ten feet high. Fruit similar to cranberries.
Said to be the parent of the cultivated snow-ball. ..."
4. Report by Illinois Highway Commission (1913)
"... the highbush cranberry and the red osier dogwood. How pleasant it will be to
have our roadsides filled with bird song again. We can accomplish this by ..."
5. Biennial Report by Oregon Board of Horticulture (1921)
"These were planted without any reference to the association of varieties, with
the exception that I planted the Texas Early (a highbush) in close proximity ..."
6. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1920)
"The variety is a first generation hybrid between two selected wild plants of the
highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum. One of these parents, ..."
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