See Also: hurtleberry(dictionary)

hurtleberry (iou)



hurtleberry noun. LME.
[from elem. of unkn. origin + BERRY noun1: earlier than synon. HURT noun3 and WHORT, WHORTLEBERRY.]
(The berry of) any of various dwarf shrubs of the genus Vaccinium, of the heath family, esp. (in Britain) the bilberry, V. myrtillus; N. Amer. = HUCKLEBERRY noun 1.