blaeberry
Americannoun
plural
blaeberriesnoun
Etymology
Origin of blaeberry
1375–1425; late Middle English (north) blaberie. See blae, berry
Example Sentences
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They included further habitat loss, partly due to sheep and deer grazing on blaeberries, the juicy purple-blue fruit favoured by capercaillie.
From BBC
To your right, dimly seen, is the roaring Don, beyond it cliffs and braes, covered with forest and fern, heather and blaeberries.
From Project Gutenberg
A clutch of eggs, honey, delicious mast, God has sent it: Sweet apples, red whortleberries, And blaeberries.
From Project Gutenberg
I left my bairnie lying here, Lying here, lying here; I left my bairnie lying here, To go and gather blaeberries.
From Project Gutenberg
Hint that it is merely the English bilberry or blaeberry, or whortleberry and—but no one dares hint that.
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