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whortleberry
[ hwur-tl-ber-ee, wur- ]
noun
- the edible black berry of a Eurasian shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus, of the heath family.
- the shrub itself.
whortleberry
/ ˈwɜːtəlˌbɛrɪ /
noun
- Also called huckleberrydialecthurtwhort a small Eurasian ericaceous shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus , greenish-pink flowers and edible sweet blackish berries
- the fruit of this shrub
- bog whortleberrybog whortleberry a related plant, V. uliginosum, of mountain regions, having pink flowers and black fruits
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Example Sentences
The baked sweet apple and whortleberry seem to be least objectionable.
Fay leaned out of the pony carriage and picked from the high bank a spray of whortleberry with a butterfly poised on it.
Two heaths of arborescent growth and a whortleberry cover large tracts on the mountains.
Around it were beds of red phlox, red whortleberry bushes, and wild sunflowers.
At Raddevski several kinds of berries were offered us, but only the blackberry and whortleberry were familiar to my eyes.
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