Definitions for Whortleberry
ˈʰwɜr tlˌbɛr i, ˈwɜr-whortle·ber·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bilberry, whortleberry, whinberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillusnoun

   erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries

2. bilberry, whortleberry, European blueberrynoun

   blue-black berries similar to American blueberries

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. whortleberrynoun

   any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium

2. whortleberrynoun

   the berry of one of these shrubs

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Whortleberrynoun

   Bilberry. A plant.

   Etymology: heortberian , Saxon.

   The flower consists of one leaf, shaped like a pitcher; from whose empalement arises the pointal, fixed like a nail in the upper part of the flower, which becomes a soft umbilicated fruit or berry full of juice, in which are inclosed seeds, for the most part small. Philip Miller.

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1. whortleberry

   A whortleberry is a type of small, usually purple or black, edible berry. It can refer to various types of wild berries, but most commonly refers to fruits from the Vaccinium genus, including species such as Vaccinium myrtillus (also known as bilberry or European blueberry) and Vaccinium vitis-idaea (known as lingonberry or cowberry). The term is mainly used in the United Kingdom.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Whortleberrynoun

   in England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself. See Bilberry, 1

2. Whortleberrynoun

   the fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus Gaylussacia; also, any one of these plants. See Huckleberry

3. Etymology: [AS. wyrtil a small shrub (dim. of wyrt wort) + E. berry. See Wort, and cf. Huckleberry, Hurtleberry.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Whortleberry

   hwor′tl-ber-i, n. a widely-spread health plant with a purple edible berry, called also the Bilberry—in Scotland, Blaeberry—sometimes abbrev. Whort. [A.S. wyrtil, a shrub (Ger. wurzel, root), dim. of wyrt, root, and berie, berry; confused rather than conn. with A.S. heort berge, berry of the buckthorn.]

Matched Categories

1. • Berry
   • Blueberry

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How to pronounce Whortleberry?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

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   Indian

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How to say Whortleberry in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Whortleberry in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Whortleberry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Whortleberry
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Whortleberry
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Whortleberry
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Whortleberry
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Whortleberry
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Whortleberry