2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whortleberry \Whor"tle*ber`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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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}]
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