bilberries

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bilberries - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bilberry \Bil"ber*ry\, n.; pl. Bilberries. [Cf. Dan.
     b["o]lleb[ae]r bilberry, where b["o]lle is perh. akin to E.
     ball.]
     1. (Bot.) The European whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus);
        also, its edible bluish black fruit.
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              There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. --Shak.
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     2. (Bot.) Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America,
        the species Vaccinium myrtilloides, Vaccinium  c[ae]spitosum
         and Vaccinium uliginosum.
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