whortleberries

Variant of whortleberry

whortleberry definition

whortle·berry (hwʉrt′'l ber′ē)

noun pl. whortleberries -·ries

    1. either of two European blueberries (Vaccinium myrtillus or V. uliginosum) having pink flowers and blue or blackish edible berries with a powdery bloom
    2. any of these berries
  2. ☆ any of various American plants, as the huckleberry

Etymology: < SW Brit dial. form of earlier hurtleberry

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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