bilberry
noun
the fruit of several shrubby species of the genus Vaccinium.
bilberries
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pluralof bilberry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He hunted moose and deer and picked lingonberries, mushrooms, and bilberries.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 13, 2021
Scots pine shin up the very steepest slopes, bilberries blooming in their shadow.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 24, 2020
Pick wild strawberries, raspberries or bilberries, according to season.
From Time Magazine Archive
I saw ripe bilberries gleaming here and there, like jet beads in the heath: I gathered a handful and ate them with the bread.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
I saw a lizard run over the crag; I saw a bee busy among the sweet bilberries.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
