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bilberry
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bilberry has 3 senses
- bilberry(n = noun.plant) blaeberry, viccinium myrtillus, whinberry, whortleberry - erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries; Array has parts: bilberry, european blueberry, whortleberry
- bilberry(n = noun.plant) mountain blue berry, thin-leaved bilberry, viccinium membranaceum - erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries; Array is a kind of blueberry, blueberry bush
- bilberry(n = noun.food) european blueberry, whortleberry - blue-black berries similar to American blueberries; Array is a kind of berry
is a kind of blueberry, blueberry bush
is a part of bilberry, blaeberry, viccinium myrtillus, whinberry, whortleberry
CIDE DICTIONARY
bilberry, n. [Cf. Dan. böllebær bilberry, where bölle is perh. akin to E. ball.].
- The European whortleberry (
Vaccinium myrtillus ); also, its edible bluish black fruit. [1913 Webster]"There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry." [1913 Webster] - Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America, the species
Vaccinium myrtilloides ,Vaccinium cæspitosum andVaccinium uliginosum . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bilberry, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a hardy dwarf shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus, of N. Europe, growing on heaths and mountains, and having red drooping flowers and dark blue berries.
2 the small blue edible berry of this species.
3 any of various shrubs of the genus Vaccinium having dark blue berries.
1 a hardy dwarf shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus, of N. Europe, growing on heaths and mountains, and having red drooping flowers and dark blue berries.
2 the small blue edible berry of this species.
3 any of various shrubs of the genus Vaccinium having dark blue berries.
Etymology
orig. uncert.: cf. Da. b{ouml}lleb{aelig}r
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