bog bilberry
noun
variants
or bog blueberry
plural bog bilberries or bog blueberries
: a low-growing deciduous shrub (Vaccinium uliginosum) of the heath family that grows in cool temperate regions of North America and Eurasia and has pink to white urn-shaped flowers and blue to bluish-black edible berries
also
: the berry of the bog bilberry
Note: The shrub and fruit are also known as alpine bilberry or alpine blueberry.
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“Bog bilberry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bog%20bilberry. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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