Bilberry
[bilbәri]
Definition
(noun.) blue-black berries similar to American blueberries.
(noun.) erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries.
(noun.) erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries.
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Definition
(n.) The European whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); also, its edible bluish black fruit.
(n.) Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America, the species Vaccinium myrtilloides, V. caespitosum and V. uliginosum.
Checker: Wilbur
Definition
n. called also Whortleberry a shrub and its berries which are dark blue.
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Examples
- His Lordship married, in seventeen ninety-seven, Lady Jemima Bilberry, who was the second daughter by the third marriage--no! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- What can you grow in Bilberry Moss? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I saw ripe bilberries gleaming here and there, like jet beads in the heath: I gathered a handful and ate them with the bread. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Can you--' she sniffed, and sniffed at the bottle--'can you smell bilberries? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I saw a lizard run over the crag; I saw a bee busy among the sweet bilberries. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- From the bilberries under the snow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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