whortleberry
pronunciation
How to pronounce whortleberry in British English:
UK [ˈwɜ:tlberi]
How to pronounce whortleberry in American English:
US [ˈwɜrtlberi]
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- Noun:
- erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
- blue-black berries similar to American blueberries
Word Origin
- whortleberry (n.)
- 1570s, southwestern England variant of hurtleberry (see huckleberry).