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Definition of whortleberry in English: whortleberrynounPlural whortleberries wəːt(ə)lˌˈbɛriˈwəːt(ə)lˌb(ə)riˈ(h)wərdlˌbɛri A bilberry. Example sentencesExamples - Vaccinium myrtillus is a member of the Ericaceae family, and is also known as European blueberry, huckleberry, whortleberry, or blueberry.
- The most popular plant worn as a clan emblem was the red whortleberry.
- Think of David Bellamy, a man only complete when rummaging among beetles and whortleberries, and who encases his head in a tangled, bushy forest.
- On overcast afternoons, all alone in the drizzle, my mother, carrying a basket (stained blue on the inside by somebody's whortleberries), would set out on a long collecting tour.
- Clustered among the turning leaves were bilberries, cranberries, bog whortleberries, cloudberries and a dozen others, edible and poisonous.
Origin Late 16th century: dialect variant of Middle English hurtleberry, of unknown origin. Definition of whortleberry in US English: whortleberrynounˈ(h)wərdlˌberēˈ(h)wərdlˌbɛri A bilberry. Example sentencesExamples - Vaccinium myrtillus is a member of the Ericaceae family, and is also known as European blueberry, huckleberry, whortleberry, or blueberry.
- The most popular plant worn as a clan emblem was the red whortleberry.
- Clustered among the turning leaves were bilberries, cranberries, bog whortleberries, cloudberries and a dozen others, edible and poisonous.
- Think of David Bellamy, a man only complete when rummaging among beetles and whortleberries, and who encases his head in a tangled, bushy forest.
- On overcast afternoons, all alone in the drizzle, my mother, carrying a basket (stained blue on the inside by somebody's whortleberries), would set out on a long collecting tour.
Origin Late 16th century: dialect variant of Middle English hurtleberry, of unknown origin. |