bilberry

noun
🔊/ˈbɪlbəri/
🔊/ˈbɪlberi/
(also whortleberry
🔊/ˈwɜːtlberi/, 🔊/ˈwɜːtlbəri/
🔊/ˈwɜːrtlberi/
)
(plural bilberries, whortleberries)
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  1. a small dark blue berry that grows on bushes on hills and in woods in northern Europe and can be eaten. The bush is also called a bilberry. 欧洲越橘(指植物或浆果,浆果深蓝色,可食)compare blueberry
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish bøllebær.