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whortleberry
(encz) | whortleberry,borůvka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Whortleberry
(gcide) | 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] |
whortleberry
(wn) | 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] |
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grouse whortleberry
(encz) | grouse whortleberry, n: |
Whortleberry
(gcide) | 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.
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bog whortleberry
(wn) | bog whortleberry
n 1: an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves [syn: {bog
bilberry}, bog whortleberry, moor berry, {Vaccinium
uliginosum alpinum}] |
grouse whortleberry
(wn) | grouse whortleberry
n 1: shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries
[syn: grouseberry, grouse-berry, grouse whortleberry,
Vaccinium scoparium] |
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