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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024whor•tle•ber•ry (hwûr′tl ber′ē, wûr′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries. - Plant Biologythe edible black berry of a Eurasian shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus, of the heath family.
- Plant Biologythe shrub itself.
Also, hurtleberry. - dialect, dialectal variant of hurtleberry 1570–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: whortleberry /ˈwɜːtəlˌbɛrɪ/ n ( pl -ries)
Also called : huckleberry, (dialect) hurt, whort a small Eurasian ericaceous shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus, greenish-pink flowers and edible sweet blackish berries- the fruit of this shrub
- bog whortleberry ⇒ a related plant, V. uliginosum, of mountain regions, having pink flowers and black fruits
Etymology: 16th Century: southwestern English dialect form of hurtleberry; of unknown origin |