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WHORTLEBERRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Blue-black berries similar to American blueberries
Synonyms:
bilberry; European blueberry; whortleberry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("whortleberry" is a kind of...):
berry (any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves)
Holonyms ("whortleberry" is a part of...):
bilberry; blaeberry; Viccinium myrtillus; whinberry; whortleberry (erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
Synonyms:
bilberry; blaeberry; Viccinium myrtillus; whinberry; whortleberry
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("whortleberry" is a kind of...):
blueberry; blueberry bush (any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries)
Meronyms (parts of "whortleberry"):
bilberry; European blueberry; whortleberry (blue-black berries similar to American blueberries)