whortleberry

whor·tle·ber·ry

noun

pl. -·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
any of various American plants, as the huckleberry

Origin of whortleberry

from southwestern British dialect, dialectal form of earlier hurtleberry

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whortleberry

noun

Any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium of the heath family having edible blue, black, or red berries, especially the bilberry.
The fruit of any of these plants.

Origin of whortleberry

Dialectal variant of hurtleberry from Middle English hurtilbery ultimately from Old English horte whortleberry ( attested in pl. hortan )

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