ETYM Cf. Dan. böllebaer bilberry, where bölle is perh. akin to Eng. ball.
1. Blue-black berries similar to American blueberries; SYN. whortleberry, European blueberry.
2. Erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries; SYN. whortleberry, whinberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus.
3. Erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries; SYN. thin-leaved bilberry, mountain blue berry, Viccinium membranaceum.
Several species of shrubs of the genus Vaccinium of the heath family Ericaceae, closely related to North American blueberries. + prikaži više

1. Any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries.
2. Any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries.
3. Blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States.
Berry-bearing bush of the genus Gaylussacia; it is closely related to the genus Vaccinium, which includes the blueberry in the US and bilberry in Britain. Huckleberry bushes have edible dark-blue berries. + prikaži više

ETYM AS. wyrtil a small shrub (dim. of wyrt wort) + Eng. berry. Related to Wort, Huckleberry, Hurtleberry.
In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself.
A form of bilberry.