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bilberry

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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bil·ber·ry /ˈbɪlbəri $ -beri/ noun (plural bilberries) [countable]  HBPDFa blue-black fruit that grows in Northern Europe, or the bush it grows on 越橘浆果;越,乌饭树
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bilberryA steep climb through bracken and bilberries brought us to a wide rocky plateau.The wind scored shivering channels through the ling and bilberries, the growth of fine, dry grass.We walked on, past sessile oaks and bilberry patches, downhill until we reached the valley.Low structure and tussock shape, which gives protection from drying winds, e.g. heather, bilberry.There was gorse as well and of course the omnipresent bilberries.Autumn came and they picked bilberries on the mountain: tiny, purple fruit that stained their teeth and their clothes.On top of the bilberries lay a few rather scrubby chanterelles, slightly battered.
bil·ber·ry nounChineseSyllable
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bilberry
bilberry /ˈbɪlbəri $ -beri/ noun (plural bilberries) [countable]
a blue-black fruit that grows in Northern Europe, or the bush it grows on


bil·berryBrE /ˈbɪlbəri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbɪlberi/ 🔊 (also whortle·berry) noun (
plural
bil·berries
, whortle·berries
)
a small dark blue berry that grows on bushes on hills and in woods in northern Europe and can be eaten. The bush is also called a bilberry. 欧洲越橘(指植物或浆果,浆果深蓝色,可食)   compare blueberry