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De - Pt| English Dictionary: bilberries | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Bilberry \Bil"ber*ry\, n.; pl. {Bilberries}. [Cf. Dan. b[94]lleb[91]r bilberry, where b[94]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[91]spitosum} and {V. uliginosum}. | |
