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Definition of Dwarf bilberry
1. Noun. Low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries.
Terms within: Blueberry
Generic synonyms: Blueberry, Blueberry Bush
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dwarf Bilberry
Literary usage of Dwarf bilberry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1900)
"hill where the dwarf bilberry thrives, is the northernmost station in Maine for
the southern species, Poly gala polygama and Corylus americana. ..."
2. Mountain Wild Flowers of America: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names by Julia W. Henshaw (1906)
"The dwarf bilberry is really a tiny shrub, but is placed in this Section, as it
is so small that few people would think of looking for it in the Flowering ..."
3. Mountain Wild Flowers of Canada: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names and by Julia Wilmotte Henshaw (1906)
"The dwarf bilberry is really a tiny shrub, but is placet! in this Section, as it
is so small that few people would think of looking for it in the Flowering ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... though of poor quality, is used for food by the natives of the Northwest."
14. cespitosum, Michx. dwarf bilberry. A dwarf tufted shrub, ..."
5. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1911)
"dwarf bilberry. Dwarfish, caespitose, 3 to 5 in. high; branchlets not angled;
calyx entire or obscurely lobed; corolla ovoid.—High Sierra Nevada, Lake Tahoe ..."
6. How to Know Wild Fruits: A Guide to Plants when Not in Flower by Means of by Maude Gridley Peterson (1914)
"Great Bilberry. Vaccinium caespitosum Michx. dwarf bilberry. Vaccinium corymbosum L.
. . High-bush or Tall Blueberry- Vaccinium ..."
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