whinberry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
    blaeberry; Viccinium myrtillus; whortleberry; bilberry.

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Whin"ber*ry noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The English bilberry; -- so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze. Dr. Prior.

Webster 1913