Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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}.
Source : WordNet®
whortleberry
n 1: erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and
blue-black berries [syn: {bilberry}, {whinberry}, {blaeberry},
{Viccinium myrtillus}]
2: blue-black berries similar to American blueberries [syn: {bilberry},
{European blueberry}]