whortleberry
/ˈwəːt(ə)lˌb(ə)ri
/ /wəːt(ə)lˌˈbɛri/noun (plural whortleberries)
A bilberry.Clustered among the turning leaves were bilberries, cranberries, bog whortleberries, cloudberries and a dozen others, edible and poisonous....
- 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.
- The most popular plant worn as a clan emblem was the red whortleberry.
Origin
Late 16th century: dialect variant of Middle English hurtleberry, of unknown origin.
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