bilberry
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Bilberries
English
Etymology
Probably of North Germanic origin (Danish bøllebær), from Old Norse bolli (Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + ber.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
bilberry (plural bilberries)
- Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.
- The shrub of the above-mentioned plant.
Derived terms
Translations
Also see the translations of blueberry
type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
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the shrub of this plant
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References
- “bilberry”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.