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Vaccinium Myrtillus Whortleberry Whor"tle*ber`ry, n. [AS. wyrtil a small shrub
(dim. of wyrt wort) + E. berry. See Wort, and cf.
Huckleberry, Hurtleberry.] (Bot.)
(a) In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the
plant itself. See Bilberry, 1.
(b) The fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus
Gaylussacia; also, any one of these plants. See
Huckleberry.
Vaccinium myrtillus Bilberry Bil"ber*ry, n.; pl. Bilberries. [Cf. Dan.
b["o]lleb[ae]r bilberry, where b["o]lle is perh. akin to E.
ball.]
1. (Bot.) The European whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus);
also, its edible bluish black fruit.
There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. --Shak.
2. (Bot.) Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America,
the species Vaccinium myrtilloides, V. c[ae]spitosum
and V. uliginosum.
