hurtleberry

noun

hurtleberry

noun

UK /ˈhɜːtl̩bɛɹi/ · US /ˈhɜɹt(ə)lˌbɛɹi/

Etymology From Middle English hurtil-beri (“bilberry or blue whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); berry of this shrub”); further etymology unknown, compare Middle English horten, hurten (“bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)”), and Old English horte (“bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)”).

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Synonym of whortleberry.

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