Found 2 hits - Term: whortleberry, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
whortleberry \whor"tleber`ry\, n. 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.
1913 webster
see also:
wort huckleberry hurtleberry vaccinium myrtillus bilberry gaylussacia
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
whortleberry
n 1: erect european blueberry having solitary flowers and
blue-black berries syn: bilberry, whinberry, blaeberry,
viccinium myrtillus
2: blue-black berries similar to american blueberries syn: bilberry,
european blueberry
see also:
bilberry whinberry blaeberry viccinium myrtillus european blueberry
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