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[lojban] Re: bakyjba
On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 09:32:19AM +0100, Martin Norb?ck wrote:
> tis 2003-11-25 klockan 20.22 skrev Robin Lee Powell:
> > On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 02:14:07PM -0500, John Cowan wrote:
> > > Other species in Vaccinium include the lingonberry = mountain
> > > cranberry, the whortleberry = huckleberry, and the bilberries
> > > (it's possible that "blueberry" is a folk etymology of
> > > "bilberry").
> >
> > I have heard that bilberries are the only truly blue fruit.
>
> The fruit that we in Sweden call "bl?b?r" [blueberry] is Vaccinium
> myrtillus which may be what you call "bilberry".
>
> They are very much blue, see for instance this picture:
> http://www.voringfossen.com/flora/blaabaer.jpg
That is rather strikingly bluer then the blueberries I eat, yes.
I have some in front of me, in fact, and the insides range from
red-ish near the skin to white at the center.
Just for the record.
-Robin
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