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- noun Plural form of
bilberry .
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Examples
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Harry our cook has made jam of the strawberries, and bottled two big jars of the bilberries.
Work Camp 1203 L 2010
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The lower end is a silver birch wood, with a light canopy allowing ferns and bilberries to thrive; their autumn fruits make delicious pies.
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The lower end is a silver birch wood, with a light canopy allowing ferns and bilberries to thrive; their autumn fruits make delicious pies.
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These breaks were a welcome change from the routine forestry work, and a few days later we joined some of the villagers to collect bilberries.
Work Camp 934 L 2010
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Weve had, apart from strawberries, as many and more than we can eat of raspberries and bilberries.
Work Camp 1203 L 2010
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Young birds have even been snatching bilberries from the rims of the camouflaged butts whose repair – neat drystone walling topped with turf and the shiny leaves of the bilberry shrubs – has been the other main concern of Mitchison's long, high-season days.
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The very bilberries which I used to pick testify to the force of the winds.
A seasonal lament 2009
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In among the bracken were wild bilberries, similar to blueberries.
Land of my fathers (and mothers) TK 2009
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In among the bracken were wild bilberries, similar to blueberries.
Archive 2009-08-01 TK 2009
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The very bilberries which I used to pick testify to the force of the winds.
A seasonal lament 2009
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