whortleberryn.

Brit.

/ˈwəːtlˌbɛri/,

/ˈwəːtlb(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)wərdlˌbɛri/

Forms: Also (1700s whirtleberry), 1700s–1800s wortleberry.

Etymology: South-western dialect form of hurtleberry n.: compare whort n. Used by Lyte, a Somerset man, in his translation of Dodoens' Herbal, whence apparently by later writers on plants, so as to have become at length the usual ‘book-name’.

The blue-black fruit of the dwarf shrub Vaccinium Myrtillus, or the plant itself; otherwise called bilberry n. or blaeberry n. Also extended to the genus Vaccinium as a whole (excepting the species called cranberry n., V. Oxycoccos and V. macrocarpon). bear's whortleberry n. a name for the Bearberry, Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi. bog whortleberry n. Vaccinium uliginosum. red whortleberry n. V. Vitis-Idæa. Victorian whortleberry n. Wittsteinia vacciniacea, a shrub allied to Vaccinium found in Victoria.

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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xi. 670 There be two sortes of Whortes, and Whortel berries, wherof the common sort are blacke, and the other are red.

1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 438 Vaccinia..Whortle-berries..help Ulcers in the Lungs.

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vi. ii. 11/1 Sometimes we liv'd on Wortle berries, sometimes on a kind of Wild Cherry.

1764 Ann. Reg., Char. 9 The hair..is dyed with the juice of the red wortleberry.

1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. xix. 504 The Whirtle Berry.

1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf xiv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 258 A territory, which, since the days of Adam, had borne nothing but ling and whortleberries.

1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. v. 55 His brothers..laid him softly on a bank of whortle-berries.

attributive.1770 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. I. 66 A species of whortleberry shrub.1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 340 A..whortle-berry pudding.1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 178 Hot mutton flavored with whortleberry jam.1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Whortle-berry-bush, Victorian, Wittsteinia vacciniacea.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whortleberry
释义	whortleberryn. Brit. /ˈwəːtlˌbɛri/, /ˈwəːtlb(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wərdlˌbɛri/ Forms: Also (1700s whirtleberry), 1700s–1800s wortleberry. Etymology: South-western dialect form of hurtleberry n.: compare whort n. Used by Lyte, a Somerset man, in his translation of Dodoens' Herbal, whence apparently by later writers on plants, so as to have become at length the usual ‘book-name’. The blue-black fruit of the dwarf shrub Vaccinium Myrtillus, or the plant itself; otherwise called bilberry n. or blaeberry n. Also extended to the genus Vaccinium as a whole (excepting the species called cranberry n., V. Oxycoccos and V. macrocarpon). bear's whortleberry n. a name for the Bearberry, Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi. bog whortleberry n. Vaccinium uliginosum. red whortleberry n. V. Vitis-Idæa. Victorian whortleberry n. Wittsteinia vacciniacea, a shrub allied to Vaccinium found in Victoria. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > bilberry or myrtleberry blackberrylOE myrtlea1400 hurtleberryc1460 myrtle berry?a1500 hurt1542 blaeberry1562 whortleberry1578 bilberry1584 blue1587 hurtle1597 hurtberrya1661 frawn1726 ohelo1825 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > bilberry or myrtleberry blackberrylOE wineberry14.. whimberryc1460 myrtle berry?a1500 blaeberry1562 whort1578 whortleberry1578 bilberry1584 vaccinium1597 whortle1597 frawn1726 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > bilberry bush whort1578 whortleberry1578 vaccinium1597 whortle1597 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xi. 670 There be two sortes of Whortes, and Whortel berries, wherof the common sort are blacke, and the other are red. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 438 Vaccinia..Whortle-berries..help Ulcers in the Lungs. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vi. ii. 11/1 Sometimes we liv'd on Wortle berries, sometimes on a kind of Wild Cherry. 1764 Ann. Reg., Char. 9 The hair..is dyed with the juice of the red wortleberry. 1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. xix. 504 The Whirtle Berry. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf xiv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 258 A territory, which, since the days of Adam, had borne nothing but ling and whortleberries. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. v. 55 His brothers..laid him softly on a bank of whortle-berries. attributive.1770 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. I. 66 A species of whortleberry shrub.1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 340 A..whortle-berry pudding.1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 178 Hot mutton flavored with whortleberry jam.1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Whortle-berry-bush, Victorian, Wittsteinia vacciniacea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1578
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