[syn: bilberry, whortleberry, European blueberry]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Whortleberry \Whor"tle*ber`ry\, n. [AS. wyrtil a small shrub
(dim. of wyrt wort) + E. berry. See Wort, and cf.
Huckleberry, Hurtleberry.] (Bot.)
(a) In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the
plant itself. See Bilberry, 1.
(b) The fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus
Gaylussacia; also, any one of these plants. See
Huckleberry.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
whortleberry
n 1: erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-
black berries [syn: bilberry, whortleberry,
whinberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus]
2: blue-black berries similar to American blueberries [syn:
bilberry, whortleberry, European blueberry]