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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.
A plant or shrub and its fruit, of the genus Vaccinium.

Definition 2024

whortleberry

whortleberry

English

Noun

whortleberry ‎(plural whortleberries)

  1. Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium:
    1. Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or blue whortleberry);
    2. Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry or red whortleberry);
    3. Vaccinium uliginosum (bog whortleberry or bilberry}.
  2. A berry of one of these shrubs.

Translations

Etymology

whortle +‎ berry

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