'Bilberry' definitions:
Definition of 'bilberry'
From: WordNet
noun
Erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue- black berries [syn: bilberry, whortleberry, whinberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus]
noun
Erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries [syn: bilberry, thin- leaved bilberry, mountain blue berry, Viccinium membranaceum]
noun
Blue-black berries similar to American blueberries [syn: bilberry, whortleberry, European blueberry]
Definition of 'Bilberry'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America, the species Vaccinium myrtilloides, {Vaccinium c[ae]spitosum} and Vaccinium uliginosum. [1913 Webster]