Bilberry

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

II. Bilberry ·noun Any similar plant or its fruit; ·esp., in America, the species Vaccinium myrtilloides, V. caespitosum and V. uliginosum.

bilberry
(genus vaccinium.) The popular name of a shrub of several species, and bearing fruit resembling the ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
bilberry
N. The hortleberry, or whortleberry, in other parts. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose