Whinberry

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whinberry \Whin"ber*ry\, n. (Bot.)
     The English bilberry; -- so called because it grows on moors
     among the whins, or furze. --Dr. Prior.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  whinberry
       n : erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and
           blue-black berries [syn: {bilberry}, {whortleberry}, {blaeberry},
            {Viccinium myrtillus}]