'Whortleberry' definitions:
Definition of 'whortleberry'
From: WordNet
noun
Erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue- black berries [syn: bilberry, whortleberry, whinberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus]
noun
Blue-black berries similar to American blueberries [syn: bilberry, whortleberry, European blueberry]
Definition of 'Whortleberry'
From: GCIDE
- 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 of several shrubby plants of the genus Gaylussacia; also, any one of these plants. See Huckleberry. [1913 Webster]