Category:Whortleberry

Whor"tle*ber`ry, n. Etym: [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.