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whortleberry

Noun

whor=tle=ber=ry

WORDNET DICTIONARY

whortleberry(n = noun.plant) bilberry, blaeberry, viccinium myrtillus, whinberry - erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries; Array

has parts: bilberry, european blueberry, whortleberry

is a kind of blueberry, blueberry bush

whortleberry(n = noun.food) bilberry, european blueberry - blue-black berries similar to American blueberries; Array

is a kind of berry

is a part of bilberry, blaeberry, viccinium myrtillus, whinberry, whortleberry

whortleberry, n. [AS. wyrtil a small shrub (dim. of wyrt wort) + E. berry. See Wort, and cf. Huckleberry, Hurtleberry.].

In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself. See Bilberry, 1. [1913 Webster]

whortleberry, n. (pl. -ies) a bilberry.

Etymology

16th c.: dial. form of hurtleberry, ME, of unkn. orig.

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