Noun: bilberry 'bil,be-ree [N. Amer], bil-bu-ree [Brit]
- Blue-black berries similar to American blueberries
"We gathered wild bilberries in the Scottish highlands";
- whortleberry, European blueberry
- Erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
"bilberry jam was a local speciality in the Scottish highlands";
- whortleberry, whinberry [UK, dialect], blaeberry [UK, dialect], Vaccinium myrtillus, whimberry [UK, dialect], wimberry [UK, dialect]
- Erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries
"Hikers gathered wild bilberries along the mountain trail";
- thin-leaved bilberry, mountain blueberry, Vaccinium membranaceum, mountain huckleberry
Derived forms: bilberries
Type of: berry, blueberry, blueberry bush
Encyclopedia: Bilberry, Cornwall