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whortleberry

/hwur-tl-ber-ee, wur-/US // ˈʰwɜr tlˌbɛr i, ˈwɜr- //UK // (ˈwɜːtəlˌbɛrɪ) //

沃特伯里,霍特利姆

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural whor·tle·ber·ries.

    • : the edible black berry of a Eurasian shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus, of the heath family.
    • : the shrub itself.

Examples

  • The baked sweet apple and whortleberry seem to be least objectionable.

  • Fay leaned out of the pony carriage and picked from the high bank a spray of whortleberry with a butterfly poised on it.

  • Two heaths of arborescent growth and a whortleberry cover large tracts on the mountains.

  • Around it were beds of red phlox, red whortleberry bushes, and wild sunflowers.

  • At Raddevski several kinds of berries were offered us, but only the blackberry and whortleberry were familiar to my eyes.