bilberry

[ bil-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

/ ˈbɪlˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

the fruit of several shrubby species of the genus Vaccinium.

Origin of bilberry

1570–80; obsolete bil (< Scandinavian; compare Danish bölle bilberry) + berry

The Bilberry (Vaccinium Myrtillus) presented itself most commonly with red flowers, more rarely with flesh-coloured ones.

Lachesis Lapponica |Carl von Linn
The Bilberry doors once closed against us, where is our respectability, and Phil's chance of success among the Philistines?

Vagabondia |Frances Hodgson Burnett
A bilberry thicket straggled down to the opposite bank of the stream on both sides of the road.

The Yukon Trail |William MacLeod Raine
After that, all trace of the road disappeared; they walked on the bare rock through shrubs and bilberry bushes.

In Midsummer Days and Other Tales |August Strindberg

At this moment a Crow made of bilberry preserve and liquorice hopped up to them.

The City Curious |Jean de Bosschre

bilberry

/ (ˈbɪlbərɪ) /

any of several ericaceous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium, having edible blue or blackish berries See also blueberry

C16: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish böllebær, from bölle bilberry + bær berry