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dwarf bilberry

dwarf bilberry

9.2
A low bush with pink flowers that has sweet blue berries
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : arándano enano
  • The pink flowers of the dwarf bilberry appear in spring before the berries develop.

Examples

  • The dwarf bilberry thrives in the cold, mountainous areas of Canada.

  • Hikers often snack on the sweet berries produced by the dwarf bilberry.

  • The dwarf bilberry thrives in cold climates.

  • Have you seen the dwarf bilberries in the garden?

  • Hikers often snack on the sweet berries produced by the dwarf bilberry.

  • The pink flowers of the dwarf bilberry appear in spring before the berries develop.

  • The dwarf bilberry thrives in the cold, mountainous areas of Canada.

Synonyms

Vaccinium caespitosum
vsdwarf bilberry
  • Specialized
9.9

A low bush with pink flowers and sweet blue berries that grows in cold northern and mountain areas

is low growing but not described as having a tufted form
dwarf blueberry
vsdwarf bilberry
  • US
4.8

A low bush that has small sweet blue berries

is the same but does not mention edibility
low blueberry
vsdwarf bilberry
  • US
3.0

A low-growing shrub that has sweet dark blue berries in small groups

is found across northern and alpine regions rather than only the northeast

Surface Forms

dwarf bilberry singular
dwarf bilberries plural

Morphology

dwarf + bilberry

The meaning is directly inferable from combining 'dwarf' (small, low-growing) with 'bilberry' (a blue berry / bilberry plant): a small or low-growing bilberry shrub. This size + noun compound follows a common, transparent compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the two words would readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

Dwarf bilberry gets its name from how it looks: a very small bush, so dwarf, that grows little blue berries, so bilberry. That's why the name means 'a low-growing shrub with sweet blue berries'.