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What (who) is Bilberry - definition

MOSTLY DARK BLUE AND EDIBLE FRUIT FROM GENUS VACCINIUM
Winberry; Bilberries; Billberry; Frocken; Whimberry; Blåbær; European blueberry; Whinberry; Wimberry; European blueberries; Wimberries
  • Ripe bilberry and leaves
  • Wild bilberries collected in Norway
  • French bilberry pie, ''tarte aux myrtilles''
  • Bilberry fruit in Finland
  • Bilberries in Finland

bilberry         
¦ noun (plural bilberries)
1. the small blue edible berry of a hardy dwarf shrub found on heathland and high ground.
2. the shrub on which bilberries grow. [Vaccinium myrtilus and other species.]
Origin
C16: prob. of Scand. origin.
bilberry         
(bilberries)
A bilberry is a small, round, dark-blue fruit that grows on bushes in northern Europe.
N-COUNT
Bilberry         
·noun The European whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); also, its edible bluish black fruit.
II. Bilberry ·noun Any similar plant or its fruit; ·esp., in America, the species Vaccinium myrtilloides, V. caespitosum and V. uliginosum.

Wikipedia

Bilberry

Bilberries (), or sometimes European blueberries, are a primarily Eurasian species of low-growing shrubs in the genus Vaccinium (family Ericaceae), bearing edible, dark blue berries. The species most often referred to is Vaccinium myrtillus L., but there are several other closely related species.

Examples of use of Bilberry
1. The Body Shop, whose 2,000 outlets selling passion fruit body butter and bilberry hair detanglers began life in a small Brighton street 30 years ago, is 18 percent owned by its founder Anita Roddick and her husband Gordon.