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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin myrtillus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mirˈtil.lo/
- Rhymes: -illo
- Hyphenation: mir‧tìl‧lo
Noun
mirtillo m (plural mirtilli)
- bilberry, whortleberry, blueberry, bearberry, cranberry, lingonberry, cowberry, huckleberry; a plant of the genus Vaccinium
- a fruit of a plant of the genus Vaccinium
Further reading
- mirtillo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- mirtillo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana