bilberry
noun
- mostly dark blue and edible fruit from genus Vaccinium
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/
noun
Etymology: Probably of North Germanic origin (Danish bøllebær), from Old Norse bolli (Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + ber.
- 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.”
- The shrub of the above-mentioned plant.