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BILBERRY, BLAEBERRY

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 931 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BILBERRY, BLAEBERRY Or WHORTLEBERRY, known botanic-ally as Vaccinium myrtillus (natural See also:order See also:Ericaceae), a See also:low-growing See also:shrub, found in See also:woods, copses and on heaths, chiefly in hilly districts. The stiff stems, from See also:half a See also:foot to two feet See also:long, See also:bear small ovate leaves with a serrate margin, and small, globose, rosy See also:flowers tinged with See also:green. The berries are dark See also:blue, with a waxy See also:bloom, and about one-third of an See also:inch in See also:diameter; they are used for tarts, preserves, &c. The plant is widely distributed throughout the See also:north temperate and ex-tends into the See also:arctic See also:zone. Cowberry is a closely allied See also:species, V. Vitis-Idaea, growing in similar situations, but not found in the See also:south-eastern portion of See also:England, distinguished by its See also:evergreen leaves and red See also:acid See also:berry.

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