bilberries

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.(Bot.) Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America, the species Vaccinium myrtilloides, Vaccinium c[ae]spitosum and Vaccinium uliginosum. [1913 Webster]

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