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whort

[hwurt, wurt]
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noun
  1. the whortleberry.
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Also whor·tle [hwur-tl, wur-] /ˈʰwɜr tl, ˈwɜr-/, wort.

Origin of whort

1570–80; dialectal variant of Middle English hurte, Old English horte whortleberry
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