whortleberry

2 definitions found

whortleberry - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Whortleberry \Whor"tle*ber`ry\, n. [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.
         [1913 Webster]

whortleberry - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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