Found 2 items, similar to bilberry.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bilberry
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bilberry
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.
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There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. --Shak.
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2. (Bot.) Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America,
the species
Vaccinium myrtilloides,
Vaccinium c[ae]spitosum
and
Vaccinium uliginosum.
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