Bilberry vs. Blueberry

Bilberrynoun

Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.

Bilberrynoun

The shrub of the above-mentioned plant.

Bilberrynoun

The European whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); also, its edible bluish black fruit.

Bilberrynoun

Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America, the species Vaccinium myrtilloides, Vaccinium cæspitosum and Vaccinium uliginosum.

Bilberrynoun

erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries

Bilberrynoun

erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries

Bilberrynoun

blue-black berries similar to American blueberries

Bilberry

Bilberries (), or occasionally European blueberries), are a primarily Eurasian species of low-growing shrubs in the genus Vaccinium (family Ericaceae), bearing edible, dark blue berries. The species most often referred to is Vaccinium myrtillus L., but there are several other closely related species.

Blueberrynoun

(countable) An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening.

Blueberrynoun

(countable) The shrub of the above-mentioned berry.

Blueberrynoun

A dark blue colour.

Blueberryadjective

Of a dark blue colour.

Blueberryverb

To gather or forage for blueberries.

Blueberrynoun

The berry of several species of Vaccinium, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets. The commonest species are Vaccinium Pennsylvanicum and Vaccinium vacillans. Vaccinium corymbosum is the tall blueberry.

Blueberrynoun

any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries

Blueberrynoun

sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants

Blueberrynoun

a small sweet blue-black edible berry which grows in clusters on North American shrubs related to the bilberry.

Blueberrynoun

one of the dwarf shrubs that produces blueberries, some kinds being cultivated for their fruit or as ornamentals.

Blueberry

Blueberries are a widely distributed and widespread group of perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section Cyanococcus within the genus Vaccinium.