Definition of bilberry Bilberry

bil•ber•ry

We found 10 definitions of bilberry from 6 different sources.

What does bilberry mean?

Noun Plural: bilberries
bilberry - blue-black berries similar to American blueberries
		whortleberry, European blueberry
		berry any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
bilberry - erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
		whortleberry, whinberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus
		blueberry bush, blueberry sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants
bilberry - erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries
		thin-leaved bilberry, mountain blue berry, Viccinium membranaceum

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bilberry (n.)
The European whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); also, its edible bluish black fruit.
bilberry (n.)
Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America, the species Vaccinium myrtilloides, V. caespitosum and V. uliginosum.

bilberry
bil′ber-i, n. called also Whortleberry, a shrub and its berries, which are dark blue. [Cf. Dan. böllebær; Scot. blaeberry; Ger. blaubeere.]

The bilberry is a type of shrub that grows close to the ground. It is a member of the genus Vaccinium.

The bilberry is known by many names. It also called blaeberry, whortleberry, whinberry, myrtle blueberry, fraughan, and probably other names in different regions of the world. In Thomas Hardy's 1878 book, "The Return of the Native," they were called black-hearts in 19th century southern England. They are related

to the North American blueberries and huckleberries.