bilberry
/ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/
bilberry noun: vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.
Noun
bilberry (plural bilberries)
- Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.
- Among the pines grew rowans hung with scarlet berries, and bilberry bushes whose leaves would be fair game for white moth caterpillars in spring.2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2026
- The shrub of the above-mentioned plant.
bilberry meaning in Malay and Vietnamese
bilberry in Malay
- type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- bilberi
bilberry in Vietnamese
- type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- cây nham lê
Synonyms of bilberry
Forms of bilberry
| plural | bilberries |
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Origin of bilberry
Probably of North Germanic origin (Danish bøllebær), from Old Norse bolli (Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + ber.
Words formed from bilberry
Questions about bilberry
- What does bilberry mean?
- Bilberry means vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.
- What is bilberry in Malay?
- Bilberry in Malay is bilberi. See Bilberry meaning in Malay.
- What part of speech is bilberry?
- Bilberry is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bilberry?
- Bilberry is pronounced /ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/.
- What is the plural of bilberry?
- The plural of bilberry is bilberries.
Words near bilberry in the dictionary
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