Definition of Bilberry. Meaning of Bilberry. Synonyms of Bilberry

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Definition of Bilberry

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. 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.

Meaning of Bilberry from wikipedia

- Bilberries (/ˈbɪlbəri/) or blueberries are Eurasian low-growing shrubs in the genus Vaccinium in the flowering plant family Ericaceae that bear edible...
- Look up bilberry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bilberry may also refer to: Bilberry, Cornwall, UK Bilberry Hill, Worcestershire, UK Bilberry, the types...
- color, known by the common names bilberry, blaeberry, wimberry, and whortleberry. It is more precisely called common bilberry or blue whortleberry to distinguish...
- The Bilberry goat (Irish: Fiaghabhar na bhFraochán) is a breed of feral goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) which is believed to have lived in one herd on Bilberry...
- blueberry or more accurately bilberry soup, Finnish: mustikkakeitto, Icelandic: bláberjasúpa) is a Nordic fruit soup made from bilberries, which can be served...
- Vaccinium uliginosum (bog bilberry, bog blueberry, northern bilberry or western blueberry) is a Eurasian and North American flowering plant in the heath...
- Myrtillocactus geometrizans (bilberry cactus, whortleberry cactus, blue myrtle cactus, or blue candle) is a species of cactus in the genus Myrtillocactus...
- Vaccinium cespitosum (also, caespitosum), known as the dwarf bilberry, dwarf blueberry, or dwarf huckleberry, is a species of flowering shrub in the genus...
- Vaccinium deliciosum is a species of bilberry known by the common names Cascade bilberry, Cascade blueberry, and blueleaf huckleberry. It is a flowering...
- some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry (whortleberry), lingonberry (cowberry), and huckleberry. Like many other...