bilberry

American  

[bil-ber-ee, -buh-ree] / ˈbɪlˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

noun

plural

bilberries

1. the fruit of several shrubby species of the genus Vaccinium.

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bilberry British  

/ ˈbɪlbərɪ /

noun

1. any of several ericaceous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium , having edible blue or blackish berries See also blueberry

2. 1. the fruit of any of these plants

   2. ( as modifier )

      bilberry pie

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Etymology

Origin of bilberry

1570–80; obsolete bil (< Scandinavian; compare Danish bölle bilberry) + berry

Example Sentences

When paired with steaming, chewy Icelandic bread and tart bilberry jam, it is the ideal combination.

From Salon • Oct. 5, 2021

Among the pines grew rowans hung with scarlet berries, and bilberry bushes whose leaves would be fair game for white moth caterpillars in spring.

From The Guardian • Feb. 25, 2020

"Pickled, soused, and salted products stood in ranks . . . vats of bilberry, cranberry, cloudberry."

From Time Magazine Archive

I would not care a bilberry for posterity.

From Time Magazine Archive

As quickly as they could they scrambled off the beaten way and up into the deep heather and bilberry brushwood on the slopes above, until they came to a small patch of thick-growing hazels.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien