windberry

plural windberries

1. alternativeAlternative form of whimberry.

   It is closely related to blueberries and huckleberries. Windberries are used fresh or in confections, jams and pies.

   1994, “Windberry (Bilberry) Vaccinium myrtillus”, in Audrey Ensinger et al., editors, Foods and Nutrition Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, volume 2, Boca Raton: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 2335

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   On a nearer examination, he found this beautiful tint to arise from the young shoots of the common windberry (Vaccinium Myrtillus) which grows there in great abundance.

   1806, John Evans, The Bees, Shrewsbury: W. Eddowes, Book III, page 12

   […]and during the season of its appearance, the windberry pudding has a “prescriptive right” to take the lead at the forester's second course.

   1838 June 28, “Domestic Preserving No. I.”, in The Magazine of Domestic Economy, volume 3, London: W.S. Orr & Co., page 356