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Webster 1913 Edition
Whortleberry
Whor′tle-berˊry
,Noun.
[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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Whortleberry
WHORTLEBERRY
,Noun.