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Vaccinium myrtillus
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<p><i>Vaccinium myrtillus</i> or European blueberry is a <a href="/facts/Holarctic_realm/uNgFyNx9">holarctic</a> species of <a href="/facts/Shrub/X1gKVxL5">shrub</a> with edible fruit of blue color, known by the common names <a href="/facts/Bilberry/FWBS920q">bilberry</a>, blaeberry, wimberry, and whortleberry. It is more precisely called common bilberry or blue whortleberry to distinguish it from other <i><a href="/facts/Vaccinium/SAMRbcfc">Vaccinium</a></i> relatives. </p>