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whortleberry

Syllables: whor·tle·ber·ryUK/ˈwɜːtl̩bəɹi//ˈwɝtl̩bɛɹi/

whortleberry noun: vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or blue whortleberry);.

whortleberry: vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or blue whortleberry);
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Noun

whortleberry (plural whortleberries)

  1. Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or blue whortleberry);
  2. Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry or red whortleberry);
  3. Vaccinium uliginosum (bog whortleberry or bilberry).
  4. A berry of one of these shrubs.
    Synonyms:
    hurt, hurtle, whort

whortleberry meaning in Tamil

whortleberry in Tamil

மலைக்களா

Synonyms of whortleberry

Forms of whortleberry

pluralwhortleberries

Origin of whortleberry

An alteration of Middle English hurtilbery, hurtil-beri (see English hurtleberry), analysable as whortle + berry. Compare English huckleberry.

Words formed from whortleberry

Phrases with whortleberry

Questions about whortleberry

What does whortleberry mean?
Whortleberry means vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or blue whortleberry);.
What is whortleberry in Tamil?
Whortleberry in Tamil is மலைக்களா. See Whortleberry meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is whortleberry?
Whortleberry is a noun.
How do you pronounce whortleberry?
Whortleberry is pronounced /ˈwɝtl̩bɛɹi/ (US).
What is the plural of whortleberry?
The plural of whortleberry is whortleberries.

Words near whortleberry in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whortleberry (page history and authors); whortleberry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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