Phrase guide

bog bilberry

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /bɒɡ ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A shrub native of the cool temperate areas of northern hemisphere, Vaccinium uliginosum, and the berry of that shrub.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bog whortleberry, moor berry, Vaccinium uliginosum alpinum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: blueberry, blueberry bush

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: cır qaragilə — shrub or berry
  • Bulgarian: си́ня борови́нка (sínja borovínka) — shrub or berry
  • Catalan: nabiu uliginós — shrub or berry
  • Chinese: 𣛭柿 (dūshì) — shrub or berry
  • Chukchi: ԓенԓыԓгын (ḷenḷyḷgyn) — shrub or berry
  • Czech: borůvka bažinná — shrub or berry
  • Czech: vlochyně bahenní — shrub or berry
  • Danish: mose-bølle — shrub or berry
  • Estonian: sinikas — shrub or berry
  • Finnish: juolukka — shrub or berry
  • French: myrtille des marais — shrub or berry
  • French: airelle des marais — shrub or berry
  • French: airelle uligineuse — shrub or berry
  • Galician: arando negro — shrub or berry
  • Galician: arandeira negra — shrub or berry
  • German: Rauschbeere — shrub or berry
  • German: Trunkelbeere — shrub or berry
  • German: Moorbeere — shrub or berry
  • German: Nebelbeere — shrub or berry
  • German: Sumpfheidelbeere — shrub or berry
  • Hungarian: hamvas áfonya — shrub or berry
  • Hungarian: mocsári áfonya — shrub or berry
  • Ingrian: joomukka — shrub or berry
  • Italian: mirtillo uliginoso — shrub or berry
  • Itelmen: лыӈил — shrub or berry
  • Korean: 들쭉나무 (deuljjungnamu) — shrub or berry
  • Latvian: zilene — shrub or berry
  • Lithuanian: vaivoras — shrub or berry
  • Lithuanian: girtuoklė — shrub or berry
  • Maltese: mirtill kuħħal — shrub or berry
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blokkebær — shrub or berry
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skinntryte — shrub or berry
  • Polish: łochynia — shrub or berry
  • Polish: borówka bagienna — shrub or berry
  • Russian: голуби́ка (golubíka) — shrub or berry
  • Serbo-Croatian: мочварна боровница — shrub or berry
  • Serbo-Croatian: močvarna borovnica — shrub or berry
  • Slovak: brusnica barinná — shrub or berry
  • Slovak: šialenica — shrub or berry
  • Slovene: barjanska kopišnica — shrub or berry
  • Swedish: odon — shrub or berry
  • Turkish: bataklık yaban mersini — shrub or berry