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whortleberry
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)
- Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium:
- Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or blue whortleberry);
- Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry or red whortleberry);
- Vaccinium uliginosum (bog whortleberry or bilberry).
- A berry of one of these shrubs.
Synonyms
- (shrubs): whortle bush
Translations
whortleberry From the web:
heather
English
Alternative forms
- hadder (dialectal)
- hether, hather (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English hather, hathir, from Old English *h?ddre and h?þ (“heather”), cognate with Scots hedder, hadder, heddir (“heather”), Saterland Frisian Heede (“heather”), West Frisian heide (“heather”), Dutch heide (“heather”), German Low German Heide, Heid (“heather”), German Heide (“heather”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h?ð?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h?ð?/
- Rhymes: -?ð?(?)
- Hyphenation: heath?er
Noun
heather (countable and uncountable, plural heathers)
- (botany) An evergreen plant, Calluna vulgaris, with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.
- (botany) The Ericaceae family.
- (botany) Various species of the genus Erica.
- (botany) Various species of the genus Cassiope.
- A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.
- (textiles) The use of interwoven yarns of mixed colours to produce flecks.
Synonyms
- (Calluna vulgaris): ling
Related terms
- heath
Derived terms
See also
- Appendix:Colors
Further reading
- heather on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ericaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Ericaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Translations
Adjective
heather (not comparable)
- Of a purple colour with a tint with pink and blue.
Anagrams
- heareth
heather From the web:
- what heathers character am i
- what heather means
- what heather are you
- what heather character are you
- what heathers song are you
- what heather about
- what heather song is about
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