"whortleberry" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɝtl̩bɛɹi/ [General-American], /ˈʍɝtl̩-/ [General-American], /ˈwɜːtl̩bəɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɜːtl̩bəɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: whortleberries [plural]
Etymology: An alteration of Middle English hurtilbery, hurtil-beri (see English hurtleberry), analysable as whortle + berry. Compare English huckleberry. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hurtilbery}} Middle English hurtilbery, {{cog|en|hurtleberry}} English hurtleberry, {{affix|en|whortle|berry}} whortle + berry, {{cog|en|huckleberry}} English huckleberry Head templates: {{en-noun}} whortleberry (plural whortleberries)
  1. Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium:
    Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or blue whortleberry);
    Categories (lifeform): Berries, Blueberry tribe plants Synonyms: hurt (english: obsolete except Britain, dialectal), hurtle [obsolete, rare], whortle bush
    Sense id: en-whortleberry-en-noun-fIP317UN Disambiguation of Berries: 27 27 27 19 Disambiguation of Blueberry tribe plants: 29 29 29 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 30 28 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 28 28 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 29 29 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 28 28 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 28 28 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 28 28 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 28 28 28 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 28 28 16
  2. Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium:
    Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry or red whortleberry);
    Categories (lifeform): Berries, Blueberry tribe plants Synonyms: hurt (english: obsolete except Britain, dialectal), hurtle [obsolete, rare], whortle bush
    Sense id: en-whortleberry-en-noun-5CrI~daQ Disambiguation of Berries: 27 27 27 19 Disambiguation of Blueberry tribe plants: 29 29 29 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 30 28 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 28 28 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 29 29 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 28 28 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 28 28 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 28 28 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 28 28 28 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 28 28 16
  3. Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium:
    Vaccinium uliginosum (bog whortleberry or bilberry).
    Categories (lifeform): Berries, Blueberry tribe plants Synonyms: hurt (english: obsolete except Britain, dialectal), hurtle [obsolete, rare], whortle bush
    Sense id: en-whortleberry-en-noun-lT-nm4ju Disambiguation of Berries: 27 27 27 19 Disambiguation of Blueberry tribe plants: 29 29 29 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 30 28 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 28 28 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 29 29 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 28 28 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 28 28 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 28 28 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 28 28 28 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 28 28 16
  4. A berry of one of these shrubs. Categories (lifeform): Berries, Blueberry tribe plants Synonyms: hurt (english: obsolete except Britain, dialectal), hurtle [obsolete, rare]
    Sense id: en-whortleberry-en-noun-VLQL9vLa Disambiguation of Berries: 27 27 27 19 Disambiguation of Blueberry tribe plants: 29 29 29 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 30 28 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 28 28 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 29 29 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 28 28 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 28 28 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 28 28 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 28 28 28 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 28 28 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: grouse whortleberry Translations (berry of a shrub of genus Vaccinium): боровинка (borovinka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), myrtille [feminine] (French), vaccīnium [neuter] (Latin), arándano (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'berry of a shrub of genus Vaccinium': 32 32 32 4

Inflected forms

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium:",
        "Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or blue whortleberry);"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shrubs",
          "shrub#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "belong",
          "belong"
        ],
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "Vaccinium",
          "Vaccinium#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "Vaccinium myrtillus",
          "Vaccinium myrtillus#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "bilberry",
          "bilberry"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "obsolete except Britain, dialectal",
          "word": "hurt"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete",
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "hurtle"
        },
        {
          "word": "whortle bush"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium:",
        "Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry or red whortleberry);"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shrubs",
          "shrub#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "belong",
          "belong"
        ],
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "Vaccinium",
          "Vaccinium#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "Vaccinium vitis-idaea",
          "Vaccinium vitis-idaea#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "lingonberry",
          "lingonberry"
        ],
        [
          "red whortleberry",
          "red whortleberry"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "obsolete except Britain, dialectal",
          "word": "hurt"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete",
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "hurtle"
        },
        {
          "word": "whortle bush"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium:",
        "Vaccinium uliginosum (bog whortleberry or bilberry)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shrubs",
          "shrub#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "belong",
          "belong"
        ],
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "Vaccinium",
          "Vaccinium#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "Vaccinium uliginosum",
          "Vaccinium uliginosum#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "bilberry",
          "bilberry"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "obsolete except Britain, dialectal",
          "word": "hurt"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete",
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "hurtle"
        },
        {
          "word": "whortle bush"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A berry of one of these shrubs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "berry",
          "berry#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "obsolete except Britain, dialectal",
          "word": "hurt"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete",
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "hurtle"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɝtl̩bɛɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʍɝtl̩-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɜːtl̩bəɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɜːtl̩bəɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "borovinka",
      "sense": "berry of a shrub of genus Vaccinium",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "боровинка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "berry of a shrub of genus Vaccinium",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "myrtille"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "berry of a shrub of genus Vaccinium",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vaccīnium"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "berry of a shrub of genus Vaccinium",
      "word": "arándano"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "whortleberry"
  ],
  "word": "whortleberry"
}

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