whortleberry
Plural: whortleberries
Noun
- erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
- blue-black berries similar to American blueberries
- Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium:
- Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or blue whortleberry);
- Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium:
- Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry or red whortleberry);
- Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium:
- Vaccinium uliginosum (bog whortleberry or bilberry).
- A berry of one of these shrubs.
Origin / Etymology
An alteration of Middle English hurtilbery, hurtil-beri (see English hurtleberry), analysable as whortle + berry. Compare English huckleberry.
Synonyms
bilberry, blaeberry, European blueberry, Viccinium myrtillus, whinberry, hurt, hurtle, whort, whortle bush
Scrabble Score: 23
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