Bil'ber-ry, n.

n. [Corrupted from blueberry, Ger. blaubeere, bilberry; blau, blue, and beere, berry; Dan. blaabær, Sw. blåbär. See BLEABERRY.] (Bot.) (a.) A shrub of the Vaccinium or whortleberry family; the species of American bilberry are referred to the sub-genus Euvaccinium. (b.) The fruit or berry, which has a blue color.

There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. Shak.