whortleberry

American  

[hwur-tl-ber-ee, wur-] / ˈʰwɜr tlˌbɛr i, ˈwɜr- /

noun

• whortleberries
  plural

1. the edible black berry of a Eurasian shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus, of the heath family.

2. the shrub itself.

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whortleberry British  

/ ˈwɜːtəlˌbɛrɪ /

noun

1. Also called : huckleberry, hurt, whort. a small Eurasian ericaceous shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus , greenish-pink flowers and edible sweet blackish berries

2. the fruit of this shrub

3. a related plant, V. uliginosum, of mountain regions, having pink flowers and black fruits

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• whortleberries
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of whortleberry

First recorded in 1570–80; dialectal variant of hurtleberry

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Example Sentences

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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

The cove had fields of considerable extent, covered with dwarf willows, juniper berry, black crakeberry, and whortleberry heath, with many patches of fine grass.

From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Adolphus W. Greely

We were making among wet whortleberry thicket and torn rock towards the spot where I had seen the birds wheel and circle, screaming.

From Miss Cayley's Adventures by Grant Allen

Three-quarters of an hour after we left our horses, we found ourselves on the whortleberry ground—some of us singing, some chatting, and all trying to see who could pick the most berries.

From Mind Amongst the Spindles by Various

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

Hard-wooded plants will be generally found to do best; indeed, some of the shrub tribe succeed very well, particularly barberry, pernettyas, the early daphnes, whortleberries, gaultheria shallon and cotoneaster.

From Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them by Violet Purton Biddle

The following are used to make pies: apples, apricots, cherries, currants, blackberries, cranberries, gooseberries, grapes, mulberries, oranges, peaches, pears, pine-apples, plums, quinces, raspberries, lemon, rhubarb, prunes, whortleberries, etc.

From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Pierre Blot

And then they went on again, following Sir Archibald, often stopping, and triumphing like children when they came on a large patch where the whortleberries had spread unhindered like a miniature orchard.

From Footsteps of Fate by Louis Couperus

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