BILBERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bilberry mean? 

• BILBERRY (noun)
  The noun BILBERRY has 3 senses:

1. erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries

2. erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries

3. blue-black berries similar to American blueberries

  Familiarity information: BILBERRY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BILBERRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bilberry; blaeberry; Viccinium myrtillus; whinberry; whortleberry

Hypernyms ("bilberry" is a kind of...):

blueberry; blueberry bush (any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries)

Meronyms (parts of "bilberry"):

bilberry; European blueberry; whortleberry (blue-black berries similar to American blueberries)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bilberry; mountain blue berry; thin-leaved bilberry; Viccinium membranaceum

Hypernyms ("bilberry" is a kind of...):

blueberry; blueberry bush (any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Blue-black berries similar to American blueberries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

bilberry; European blueberry; whortleberry

Hypernyms ("bilberry" is a kind of...):

berry (any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves)

Holonyms ("bilberry" is a part of...):

bilberry; blaeberry; Viccinium myrtillus; whinberry; whortleberry (erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries)

 Context examples 

I saw a lizard run over the crag; I saw a bee busy among the sweet bilberries.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I saw ripe bilberries gleaming here and there, like jet beads in the heath: I gathered a handful and ate them with the bread.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)