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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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[ae]spitosum} and {V. uliginosum}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bilberry n 1: erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries [syn: {whortleberry}, {whinberry}, {blaeberry}, {Viccinium myrtillus}] 2: erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries [syn: {thin-leaved bilberry}, {mountain blue berry}, {Viccinium membranaceum}] 3: blue-black berries similar to American blueberries [syn: {whortleberry}, {European blueberry}]
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