Whortleberry vs. Blueberry

Whortleberrynoun

Any of several shrubs belonging to the 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.

Whortleberrynoun

Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or blue whortleberry);

Blueberrynoun

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

Whortleberrynoun

Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry or red whortleberry);

Blueberrynoun

A dark blue colour.

Whortleberrynoun

Vaccinium uliginosum (bog whortleberry or bilberry}.

Blueberryadjective

Of a dark blue colour.

Whortleberrynoun

A berry of one of these shrubs.

Blueberryverb

To gather or forage for blueberries.

Whortleberrynoun

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

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.

Whortleberrynoun

erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries

Blueberrynoun

any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries

Whortleberrynoun

blue-black berries similar to American blueberries

Blueberrynoun

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

Whortleberrynoun

a bilberry.

Blueberrynoun

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

Whortleberry

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

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.