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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus. Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
2. 2
   erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bilberrybilberryvaccinium myrtilluswhinberrywhortleberry

Etymology

From Middle English bloberi; equivalent to blae (“bluish gray”) + berry.

Related phrases

vaccinium myrtillus

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