(n.) The European whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); also, its edible bluish black fruit.
(n.) Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America, the species Vaccinium myrtilloides, V. caespitosum and V. uliginosum.
Example Sentences:
(1) IdB 1027 is an anthocyanidin pigment occurring in bilberries.
(2) The rowan’s red berries, meanwhile, are out of reach (and unpalatable when raw) but there are alternatives lower down: redcurrants, bilberries, black crowberries and wild raspberries.
(3) The current status of research on the application of ionizing radiation for improving the storage of temperate fruits, i.e., apple, pear, peach, nectarine, apricot, cherry, plum, strawberry, bilberry, cranberry, raspberry, and black currant, is reviewed.
(4) The aqueous extracts of ledum, motherwort, celandine, black currant, cowberry and bilberry inactivated TBE virus practically completely, and those of St. John's wort, pot marigold, tansy, chamomile, milfoil, and inula only partially.
(5) The bark and the tips of conifer twigs, twigs of oak and mountain ash, bilberry and heather plants, i. e. perennial plants resp.
(6) All that remained was a skinny carcass of bedraggled wet feathers on a patch of bilberries, the tag’s antenna sticking into the air.
Blueberry
Definition:
(n.) The berry of several species of Vaccinium, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets. The commonest species are V. Pennsylvanicum and V. vacillans. V. corymbosum is the tall blueberry.
Example Sentences:
(1) When it was first licensed for the European food market six years ago, baobab was – with a certain inevitability –proclaimed a superfood to rival quinoa, blueberries and kale.
(2) Blueberry barrens stretch over several acres in Wesley, Maine.
(3) However, Innocent was one of the brands highlighted last year as containing high levels of sugar: a 250ml serving of its pomegranate, blueberry and acai smoothie contains 34g of sugar, around the same as a 330ml can of Coke.
(4) From blueberries to beetroot, there seems no end to the foods which are rich in antioxidants.
(5) Spoon into four dishes and pour over the blueberry sauce.
(6) I lost my heart to Kate Hackworthy's striking pink blueberry numbers though; please don't be put off by the idea of beetroot for breakfast – the flavour melts into the background, which is more than you can say for the colour.
(7) In 2013, the supermarket also increased the price of Waitrose blueberries to £3.99 for a week, before selling them on offer at £2.66 for more than a month.
(8) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Vladimir Putin sings Blueberry Hill
(9) In our private plan, [A] blueberry spots, blood blebs, [B] chocolate cyst, [C] periadnexal adhesions ([C']: only less involved side was evaluated) and [D] Closing change in cul-de-sac, were designated targets of evaluation and each was divided into 4 grades.
(10) Beetroot blueberry pancakes These bright pink pancakes liven up the breakfast table and are a great way to get some veg in the morning.
(11) A new strain of wound tumor virus (WTV) has been isolated from a periwinkle plant (Catharanthus roseus) that was among several used as bait plants in a blueberry field.
(12) If blueberry plants are given as an ad libitum supplement to this diet, the malady is prevented.
(13) Theme tune: On Blueberry Hill, performed by Putin .
(14) But I do remember one of the first things that had an effect on me as a child: hearing Fats Domino do Blueberry Hill.
(15) And when talking about Norah Jones (Portman and the multimillion-selling jazz-ish singer both star in Wong Kar Wai's upcoming My Blueberry Nights and are now best friends): 'Norah is a sweetheart.
(16) A full-term male infant was born with skin findings suggesting a blueberry muffin appearance.
(17) Mascarpone rice with blueberries: Nigel Slater The mention of blueberries in May won't please the more xenophobic cook, but our own season is absurdly short, and they are one of the fruits from which I will not be parted.
(18) The myricetin level in ripe fruits of cultivated blueberries and the quercetin level in ripe berries of privet was higher than in unripe.
(19) Black, red, and white currants, gooseberries and cultivated blueberries contained only small amounts of catechins (total up to 30 mg per kg).
(20) Plush sofas, theatrical curtains and funky lighting from competing chandeliers give the place an aesthetic that serves as the perfect setting for fusion martinis such as Rozameltini (pisco, kaffir lime and fresh blueberry juice, £8) or Mirotini (Grand Marnier, pisco, passion fruit and raspberry juice, £4.80).