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whortles

whortles is the plural of whortle.

Meaning of whortle

Noun

whortle (plural whortles)

  1. (archaic) The whortleberry or bilberry.
    • […] winding to the southward, he stopped his little nag short of the crest, and got off and looked ahead of him, from behind a tump of whortles.1869, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Lorna Doone

Questions about whortles

What is whortles the plural of?
Whortles is the plural of whortle.

Words near whortles in the dictionary

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

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