bilberry

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small dark-blue edible berry resembling a blueberry and growing wild in northern Europe

   She picked a ripe bilberry from the low shrub beside the path.

2. 2
   noun

   the low European shrub Vaccinium myrtillus that bears these berries

   Bilberry grows well on the acidic soil of the moor.

Probably from a Scandinavian source, comparable to Danish bollebaer, and related to Old Norse bolli, 'round vessel or ball,' + ber, 'berry.' The first element refers to the fruit's rounded shape.

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