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Webster 1913 Edition

Bilberry

Bil′ber-ry

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Bilberries
.
[Cf. Dan.
böllebær
bilberry, where
bölle
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
.
Shakespeare
2.
(Bot.)
Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America, the species
Vaccinium myrtilloides
,
Vaccinium cæspitosum
and
Vaccinium uliginosum
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bilberry

BIL'BERRY

,
Noun.
The name of a shrub and its fruit; a species of Vaccinium or whortle-berry. The name with us is given to the taller shrub and its fruit which is of a bluish color.

Definition 2025

bilberry

bilberry

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Bilberries

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Noun

bilberry ‎(plural bilberries)

  1. Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.
  2. The shrub of the above-mentioned plant.

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