whinberry

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whinberry - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Whinberry \Whin"ber*ry\, n. (Bot.)
     The English bilberry; -- so called because it grows on moors
     among the whins, or furze. --Dr. Prior.
     [1913 Webster]

whinberry - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  whinberry
      n 1: erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-
           black berries [syn: bilberry, whortleberry,
           whinberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus]