Meanings
plural whortleberries
- Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium:
- Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or blue whortleberry);
Synonyms: hurt, hurtle, whortle bush
- Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry or red whortleberry);
Synonyms: hurt, hurtle, whortle bush
- Vaccinium uliginosum (bog whortleberry or bilberry).
Synonyms: hurt, hurtle, whortle bush
Synonyms & antonyms
nounVaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or blue whortleberry);
nounVaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry or red whortleberry);
nounVaccinium uliginosum (bog whortleberry or bilberry).
More synonyms by meaning
nounerect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishhurtilbery
- Englishwhortleberry
An alteration of Middle English hurtilbery, hurtil-beri (see English hurtleberry), analysable as whortle + berry. Compare English huckleberry.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian боровинка
- боровинка (borovinka)berry of a shrub of genus Vaccinium
French myrtille
- myrtilleberry of a shrub of genus Vaccinium
Latin vaccīnium
- vaccīniumberry of a shrub of genus Vaccinium
Polish jagoda, czarna jagoda
- jagodaberry of a shrub of genus Vaccinium
- czarna jagodaberry of a shrub of genus Vaccinium
- borówkaberry of a shrub of genus Vaccinium
Spanish arándano
- arándanoberry of a shrub of genus Vaccinium
Cite this entry
whortleberry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whortleberry
“whortleberry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whortleberry. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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