whortleberry

from 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}]
    
from 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]
    

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