WHORTLEBERRY

bilberry, whortleberry, European blueberry

(noun) blue-black berries similar to American blueberries

bilberry, whortleberry, whinberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus

(noun) erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

whortleberry (plural whortleberries)

Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium

Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or blue whortleberry);

Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry or red whortleberry);

Vaccinium uliginosum (bog whortleberry or bilberry).

A berry of one of these shrubs.

Synonyms

• (shrubs): whortle bush

Source: Wiktionary


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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