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whortle bushes

whortle bushes is the plural of whortle bush.

Meaning of whortle bush

Noun

whortle bush (plural whortle bushes)

  1. Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium, bearing fruit known as whortleberries.
    • The Red Bilberry, or whortle-bush, riseth up like the [Black], having sundry harder Leaves, like the Box-Tree Leaves, green and round pointed standing on the several Branches […]1652, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physitian, London: Peter Cole, page 16
    Synonyms:
    whortle, whortleberry bush

Questions about whortle bushes

What is whortle bushes the plural of?
Whortle bushes is the plural of whortle bush.

Words near whortle bushes in the dictionary

  1. Whorouly South
  2. whorror
  3. whort
  4. whortle
  5. whortle bush
  6. whortle bushes
  7. whortleberries
  8. whortleberry
  9. whortles
  10. Whorton
  11. Whortons

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