WHORTLEBERRIES

Noun

whortleberries

plural of whortleberry

Source: Wiktionary


WHORTLEBERRY

Whor"tle*ber`ry, n. Etym: [AS. wyrtil a small shrub (dim. of wyrt wort) + E. berry. See Wort, and cf. Huckleberry, Hurtleberry.] (Bot.) (a) In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself. See Bilberry, 1. (b) The fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus Gaylussacia; also, any one of these plants. See Huckleberry.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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