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thin-leaved bilberry

thin-leaved bilberry

9.9
A small upright plant like a blueberry that grows in western US mountains and makes sour berries
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : arándano de hojas delgadas
  • The thin-leaved bilberry thrives in mountainous regions of the western United States.

Examples

  • Hikers enjoy spotting thin-leaved bilberry plants along the trail in spring.

  • Researchers studied the nutritional properties of the thin-leaved bilberry fruit.

  • The thin-leaved bilberry thrives in the wild.

  • I found a thin-leaved bilberry bush in the forest.

  • Hikers enjoy spotting thin-leaved bilberry plants along the trail during springtime.

  • Researchers studied the nutritional properties of the thin-leaved bilberry berries.

  • The thin-leaved bilberry grows best in the mountainous areas of the western United States.

Synonyms

blueberry
vsthin-leaved bilberry
  • Specialized
10 1.0

A plant that makes small blue berries you can eat

is a single upright western plant with solitary somewhat sour berries
blueberry bush
vsthin-leaved bilberry
1 1.0

A small bush that grows blueberries

is the specific upright western plant rather than any general shrub
Vaccinium membranaceum
vsthin-leaved bilberry
  • Specialized
9.9

A wild blueberry bush with sour berries that grows in western US mountains

is the same plant but focuses on its erect growth habit not species name
mountain blueberry
vsthin-leaved bilberry
  • US
5.7

A small bush that grows in mountains and has sour berries you can eat

focuses on its erect form rather than stressing edibility

Surface Forms

thin-leaved bilberry singular
thin-leaved bilberries plural

Morphology

thin-leaved + bilberry

This is a straightforward adjective+noun composition: 'thin-leaved' (= having thin leaves) modifies 'bilberry' (a type of berry/plant), so the overall meaning is simply a bilberry plant with thin leaves. The pattern is productive and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can derive the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Thin-leaved bilberry is a simple plant name: thin-leaved means it has narrow leaves and bilberry is a small wild blueberry with sour berries, so the name tells you it is a bilberry plant that has thin leaves.