Bilberry

pl. Bilberries

1. The European whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); also, its edible bluish black fruit. (Bot.)

   There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry.

2. Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America, the species Vaccinium myrtilloides, Vaccinium cæspitosum and Vaccinium uliginosum. (Bot.)