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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Whor·tle·ber·ry n.  Bot. (a) In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself.  See Bilberry, 1.  (b) The fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus Gaylussacia; also, any one of these plants.  See Huckleberry.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bil·ber·ry n.; pl. Bilberries
 1. Bot. The European whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); also, its edible bluish black fruit.
    There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry.   --Shak.
 2. Bot. Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America, the species Vaccinium myrtilloides, Vaccinium cæspitosum and Vaccinium uliginosum.
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