whortleberry
Americannoun
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the edible black berry of a Eurasian shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus, of the heath family.
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the shrub itself.
noun
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Also called : huckleberry. hurt. whort. a small Eurasian ericaceous shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus , greenish-pink flowers and edible sweet blackish berries
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the fruit of this shrub
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a related plant, V. uliginosum, of mountain regions, having pink flowers and black fruits
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Etymology
Origin of whortleberry
First recorded in 1570–80; dialectal variant of hurtleberry
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Mr. Glass continued in an interrogative vein as mordant as the whortleberry juice of his beautiful homeland.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the most part it was covered with a thick growth of gorse and whortleberry, and low tough thorns, though here and there clearings opened, the scars of recent fires.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
And once, when we yonkers went upon a whortleberry excursion, with O'Lara for our pilot, he showed us the spot where the wedding took place, and described it as it was at the time.
From Mind Amongst the Spindles by Various
It consisted of oatmeal biscuits, Gruyère cheese, whortleberry jam, and chocolate; and there is little doubt that these six adventurers “ate as one eats in the springtime of youth.”
From Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young by Bull, Jacob B.
Spread over the top a meringue similar to that described for whortleberry pudding, and leave it in the oven just long enough to brown.
From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary
TV dinners, also makes it virtually impossible to import fresh Swedish whortleberries, despite the fact that it does not grow the delicacy itself.
From Time Magazine Archive
"We might almost have known you were coming,” laughs my sister, "there is just your favourite dish, potato-cakes, and even whortleberries to go with them too.”
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
Line a mold one or one and a half inches thick with vanilla ice-cream; fill the center with fresh strawberries, raspberries, whortleberries, peaches, bananas, or any fruit.
From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary
If General Cass went in advance of me picking whortleberries, I guess I surpassed him in charges upon the wild onions.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life by Herndon, William H.
In summer we will gather strawberries in yonder fields, or whortleberries from the adjacent shrubbery.
From Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact by Comfield, Amelia Stratton
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