whortleberry

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English

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Ripe whortleberries, Vaccinium myrtillus

Etymology

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An alteration of Middle English hurtilbery, hurtil-beri (see English hurtleberry), analysable as whortle +‎ berry. Compare English huckleberry.

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Noun

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whortleberry (plural whortleberries)

  1. Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium:
    Synonyms: (obsolete except Britain, dialectal) hurt, (obsolete, rare) hurtle, whortle bush
    1. Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or blue whortleberry);
    2. Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry or red whortleberry);
    3. Vaccinium uliginosum (bog whortleberry or bilberry).
  2. A berry of one of these shrubs.
    Synonyms: (obsolete except Britain, dialectal) hurt, (obsolete, rare) hurtle

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