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}]
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]