windberry
windberry is the alternative form of whimberry.
Meaning of whimberry
Noun
whimberry (plural whimberries)
- The bilberry or whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus).
- Another variable species: when fed upon whimberry or cowberry it is a most distinct-looking insect, often with the white patches placed in a triangle, one on the disk, one on the hind margin, and the usual one: no band.1871, C. S. Gregson, “Varieties and Aberrations of Lepidoptera”, in Edward Newman, editor, The Entomologist, volume V, London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., page 75
Forms of windberry
| plural | windberries |
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Questions about windberry
- What is windberry the alternative form of?
- Windberry is the alternative form of whimberry.
Words near windberry in the dictionary
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