bilberry
Meanings
Plural: bilberries
Noun
- erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
- erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries
- blue-black berries similar to American blueberries
- Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.
- The shrub of the above-mentioned plant.
Origin / Etymology
Probably of North Germanic origin (Danish bøllebær), from Old Norse bolli (Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + ber.
Synonyms
blaeberry, European blueberry, fraughan, mountain blue berry, thin-leaved bilberry, Viccinium membranaceum, Viccinium myrtillus, whimberry, whinberry, whort, whortle, whortleberry
Scrabble Score: 15
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