noun
- A small dark blue berry that grows on a low shrub, common in northern Europe and Scotland; the bilberry or whortleberry.
Usage: chiefly British and Scottish; also called bilberry or whortleberry in other regions
Examples
- The children picked blaeberries from the hillside in late summer.
- Blaeberry jam is a traditional Scottish preserve.
- These blaeberries grow wild on the moors.
- She made a delicious pie with fresh blaeberries.
- The blaeberry bushes were heavy with fruit after the warm season.