whortleberry
noun/ˈwɜːtlberi/, /ˈwɜːtlbəri/
/ˈwɜːrtlberi/
(also bilberry)
(plural whortleberries)
- a small dark blue berry that grows on bushes on hills and in woods in northern Europe and can be eatenWord Originlate 16th cent.: dialect variant of Middle English hurtleberry, of unknown origin.
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