whortleberry (redirected from whortleberries)

whor·tle·ber·ry  (hwûrtl-br, wûrt-)

n.

1. Either of two deciduous shrubs, Vaccinium myrtillus, of Eurasia, or V. corymbosum, of eastern North America, having edible blackish berries.

2. The fruit of either of these plants.

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[Dialectal variant of hurtleberry, from Middle English hurtilberi : perhaps alteration of hurt, an azure-colored ball (from Old French heurte) + berye, beri, berry; see berry.]

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Noun	1.	whortleberry - erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries bilberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus, whinberry European blueberry, whortleberry, bilberry - blue-black berries similar to American blueberries blueberry, blueberry bush - any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries
	2.	whortleberry - blue-black berries similar to American blueberries European blueberry, bilberry berry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves bilberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus, whinberry, whortleberry - erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries