This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
[Cor. of myrtillus.] A plant which grows abundantly in heaths and woods, and bears evergreen leaves, and a blue berry which may be eaten; also the bilberry, and in America the huckleberry. The cowberry has red fruit. The cranberry is closely allied to the whortleberry.
 
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