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单词 whortleberry
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Definition of whortleberry in English:

whortleberry

nounPlural whortleberries wəːt(ə)lˌˈbɛriˈwəːt(ə)lˌb(ə)riˈ(h)wərdlˌbɛri
  • A bilberry.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Vaccinium myrtillus is a member of the Ericaceae family, and is also known as European blueberry, huckleberry, whortleberry, or blueberry.
    • The most popular plant worn as a clan emblem was the red whortleberry.
    • Think of David Bellamy, a man only complete when rummaging among beetles and whortleberries, and who encases his head in a tangled, bushy forest.
    • On overcast afternoons, all alone in the drizzle, my mother, carrying a basket (stained blue on the inside by somebody's whortleberries), would set out on a long collecting tour.
    • Clustered among the turning leaves were bilberries, cranberries, bog whortleberries, cloudberries and a dozen others, edible and poisonous.

Origin

Late 16th century: dialect variant of Middle English hurtleberry, of unknown origin.

 
 

Definition of whortleberry in US English:

whortleberry

nounˈ(h)wərdlˌberēˈ(h)wərdlˌbɛri
  • A bilberry.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Vaccinium myrtillus is a member of the Ericaceae family, and is also known as European blueberry, huckleberry, whortleberry, or blueberry.
    • The most popular plant worn as a clan emblem was the red whortleberry.
    • Clustered among the turning leaves were bilberries, cranberries, bog whortleberries, cloudberries and a dozen others, edible and poisonous.
    • Think of David Bellamy, a man only complete when rummaging among beetles and whortleberries, and who encases his head in a tangled, bushy forest.
    • On overcast afternoons, all alone in the drizzle, my mother, carrying a basket (stained blue on the inside by somebody's whortleberries), would set out on a long collecting tour.

Origin

Late 16th century: dialect variant of Middle English hurtleberry, of unknown origin.

 
 
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