Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bilberry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bilberry \Bil"ber*ry\, n.; pl. {Bilberries}. [Cf. Dan.
b["o]lleb[ae]r bilberry, where b["o]lle is perh. akin to E.
ball.]
1. (Bot.) The European whortleberry ({Vaccinium myrtillus});
also, its edible bluish black fruit.
There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. --Shak.
2. (Bot.) Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America,
the species {Vaccinium myrtilloides}, {V. c[ae]spitosum}
and {V. uliginosum}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bilberry
n 1: erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and
blue-black berries [syn: {whortleberry}, {whinberry}, {blaeberry},
{Viccinium myrtillus}]
2: erect blueberry of western United States having solitary
flowers and somewhat sour berries [syn: {thin-leaved
bilberry}, {mountain blue berry}, {Viccinium membranaceum}]
3: blue-black berries similar to American blueberries [syn: {whortleberry},
{European blueberry}]
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