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Whortleberry

In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself. See Bilberry, 1.

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Berry 76% connected

Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc.

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Blueberry 76% connected

The berry of several species of Vaccinium, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead…

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Bilberry 70% connected

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

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Blaeberry 70% connected

The bilberry.

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Whinberry 70% connected

The English bilberry; -- so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze.

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Bilberry 70% connected

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

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Bilberry 92% connected

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

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Blaeberry 92% connected

The bilberry.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Whinberry 92% connected

The English bilberry; -- so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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