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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.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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whortleberry noun
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]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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