different between bilberry vs whortleberry

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Probably of North Germanic origin (Danish bøllebær), from Old Norse bolli (Proto-Germanic *bull?) + ber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?lb(?)??/

Noun

bilberry (plural bilberries)

1. Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.
2. The shrub of the above-mentioned plant.

Translations

Also see the translations of blueberry

References

• “bilberry”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ?ISBN

English

Etymology

Alteration of Middle English hurtilbery, equivalent to whortle +? berry. Compare English huckleberry.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?tl?b??i/, /?hw?tl?-/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w??tl?b??i/, /?h??tl?b??i/
• Hyphenation: whor?tle?ber?ry

Noun

whortleberry (plural whortleberries)

1. Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium:
   1. Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or blue whortleberry);
   2. Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry or red whortleberry);
   3. Vaccinium uliginosum (bog whortleberry or bilberry).
2. A berry of one of these shrubs.

Synonyms

• (shrubs): whortle bush

Translations