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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. [1913 Webster]