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hurtleberry

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hur⋅tle⋅ber⋅ry

  [hur-tl-ber-ee]
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–noun, plural -ries.
whortleberry.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME hurtil beri

whor⋅tle⋅ber⋅ry

  [hwur-tl-ber-ee, wur-]
–noun, plural -ries.
1. the edible black berry of a Eurasian shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus, of the heath family.
2. the shrub itself.
Also, hurtleberry.

Origin:
1570–80; dial. var. of hurtleberry
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whortleberry 
1578, southwestern Eng. variant of hurtleberry (see huckleberry).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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