(n) low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries, Syn.Vaccinium caespitosum, dwarf blueberry
(n) high-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom; source of most cultivated blueberries, Syn.swamp blueberry, tall bilberry, Vaccinium corymbosum
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n.; pl.Bilberries [ Cf. Dan. böllebær bilberry, where bölle 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 cæspitosum and Vaccinium uliginosum. [ 1913 Webster ]
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