bilberries

Variant of bilberry

noun pl. bilberries

  1. any of several North American species of blueberries (genus Vaccinium)
  2. its dark-blue fruit

Origin: < Scand, as in Dan bøllebær, lit., ball berry < ON bǫllr, ball + ber, berry

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