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whortleberry |
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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