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bilberry

Pronunciation: /ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/

The English word “bilberry” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.
  2. The shrub of the above-mentioned plant.

Etymology

Probably of North Germanic origin (Danish bøllebær), from Old Norse bolli (Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + ber.

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