BLAEBERRY

bilberry, whortleberry, whinberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus

(noun) erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

blaeberry (plural blaeberries)

(Northern England, Scotland, dialect) The bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus.

Anagrams

• bleaberry

Source: Wiktionary


Blæ"ber*ry, n. Etym: [Blæ + berry; akin to Icel blaber, Sw. bl, D. blaabær. Cf. Blueberry.]

Definition: The bilberry. [North of Eng. & Scot.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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