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Definition of whortleberry noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

whortleberry

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