hurtleberry

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English hurtil-beri (bilberry or blue whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); berry of this shrub);[1] further etymology unknown, compare Middle English horten, hurten (bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)), and Old English horte (bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)).[2]

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Noun

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hurtleberry (plural hurtleberries)

  1. Synonym of whortleberry

References

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  1. ^ hurtil-berī, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ horten, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007: see the supplemental materials (the original gloss states “some kind of fruit tree; ?the cornel cherry”).

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