Whortleberry

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) 1 C! Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:25:05

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.

 

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