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noun

Bilberry n. (pl. bilberries)

(Bot.) The European whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); also, its edible bluish black fruit. "There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry."

(Bot.) Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America, the species Vaccinium myrtilloides, Vaccinium caespitosum and Vaccinium uliginosum.

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Etymology of 'Bilberry'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bilberry" Quotes from Famous Books

... malsupre. belt : zono. bench : benko; (joiner's) stablo. bend : fleks'i, -igxi; klin'i, -igxi. bent : kurb'a, -igita. bequeath : testamenti. berry : bero. besiege : siegxi. bet : veti. betray : perfidi. betrothal : fiancx' (-in-) igxo. bewitch : sorcxi. bilberry : mirtelo. bile : galo. bill : kalkulo; kambio; afisxo; beko. billiards : bilardo bind : ligi; (books) bindi; bandagxi. -"weed", liano. birch : betulo. birth : naskigxo. biscuit : biskvito. bishop ...

— The Esperanto Teacher - A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians • Helen Fryer

... silence, you airy toys. 40 Cricket, to Windsor chimneys shalt thou leap: Where fires thou find'st unraked and hearths unswept, There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry: Our radiant queen hates ...

— The Merry Wives of Windsor - The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] • William Shakespeare

... a morning, Bilberry village had done well. The church was two-thirds full, and, though there were many strange faces, it was pleasant here and there to recognize one we had known in the old days, and to learn from an involuntary smile that we ...

— Berry And Co. • Dornford Yates

Words linked to "Bilberry" : European blueberry, mountain blue berry, berry, dwarf bilberry, Viccinium membranaceum, Viccinium myrtillus, thin-leaved bilberry, bog bilberry, whinberry, blueberry bush, blaeberry, whortleberry, tall bilberry, blueberry