Whortleberry vs. Blueberry

Whortleberrynoun

Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium:

Whortleberrynoun

Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or blue whortleberry);

Whortleberrynoun

Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry or red whortleberry);

Whortleberrynoun

Vaccinium uliginosum (bog whortleberry or bilberry}.

Whortleberrynoun

A berry of one of these shrubs.

Whortleberrynoun

In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself. See Bilberry, 1.

Whortleberrynoun

erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries

Whortleberrynoun

blue-black berries similar to American blueberries

Whortleberrynoun

a bilberry.

Whortleberry

Whortleberry may refer to the berries of several plants of genus Vaccinium:

Blueberrynoun

(countable) An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening.

Blueberrynoun

(countable) The shrub of the above-mentioned berry.

Blueberrynoun

A dark blue colour.

Blueberryadjective

Of a dark blue colour.

Blueberryverb

To gather or forage for blueberries.

Blueberrynoun

The berry of several species of Vaccinium, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets. The commonest species are Vaccinium Pennsylvanicum and Vaccinium vacillans. Vaccinium corymbosum is the tall blueberry.

Blueberrynoun

any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries

Blueberrynoun

sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants

Blueberrynoun

a small sweet blue-black edible berry which grows in clusters on North American shrubs related to the bilberry.

Blueberrynoun

one of the dwarf shrubs that produces blueberries, some kinds being cultivated for their fruit or as ornamentals.

Blueberry

Blueberries are a widely distributed and widespread group of perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section Cyanococcus within the genus Vaccinium.