whor|tle|ber|ry

whor|tle|ber|ry: whor|tle|ber|ry «HWUR tuhl _BEHR ee», noun, plural -ries.

1. a small, edible, black berry much like the blueberry, the fruit of any one of several European and Siberian shrubs of the heath family; bilberry.

2. the shrub that it grows on, of the same genus as the blueberry.

3. = huckleberry. (Cf. ↑huckleberry)

╂[dialectal variant of hurtleberry]

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tle — abris·tle; abus·tle; apos·tle; apos·tle·hood; apos·tle·ship; bait·tle; bat·tle·dore; bat·tle·ment; bat·tle·ment·ed; bat·tle·some; be·lit·tle; be·lit·tle·ment; bot·tle·ful; bris·tle·less; brus·tle; but·tle; cac·o·mis·tle; cas·tle·ry; cas·tle·ward; … English syllables
whortleberry — whor•tle•ber•ry [[t]ˈ(h)wɜr tlˌbɛr i, ˈwɜr [/t]] n. pl. ries 1) pln bilberry 2) pln blueberry • Etymology: 1570–80; orig. dial. (SW) var. of hurtleberry, late MEhurtilbery(cf. OEhortanwhortleberries) … From formal English to slang
Vaccinium Myrtillus — 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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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