bilberry

Plural: bilberries

Noun

• A small, edible dark blue berry, similar to a blueberry.
• erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
• erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries
• blue-black berries similar to American blueberries
• Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.
• The shrub of the above-mentioned plant.

Examples

• He managed to pluck BILBERRY from his rack, scoring a sweet bingo.

Synonyms

blaeberry, European blueberry, mountain blue berry, thin-leaved bilberry, Viccinium membranaceum, Viccinium myrtillus, whinberry, whortleberry, fraughan, whimberry, whort, whortle