Whinberry vs. Bilberry

Whinberrynoun

The bilberry.

Whinberrynoun

The English bilberry; - so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze.

Whinberrynoun

erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries

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.