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Bilberry vs Bearberry - What's the difference?

bilberry | bearberry |

As nouns the difference between bilberry and bearberry

is that bilberry is Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family while bearberry is any of three dwarf shrubs of the genus Arctostaphylos, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.

bilberry

English

(wikipedia bilberry) (Vaccinium myrtillus)

Noun

(bilberries)
  • Vaccinium myrtillus , the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.
  • The shrub of the above-mentioned plant.

    • bearberry

    English

    Noun

    (bearberries)
  • Any of three dwarf shrubs of the genus Arctostaphylos , which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.
  • * 1952 , Farley Mowat, People of the Deer , Key Porter 2005, p. 26:
    • Sometimes she scrabbled through the drifts on hilltops and found a few wizened bearberries or a handful of rock-tripe, a kind of moss.
  • Arctostaphylos uva-ursi , the .

    • Derived terms

    * mountain bearberry (Arctostaphylos alpina )

    External links

    * ("bearberry" on Wikipedia) * (Arctostaphylos) * *