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WHINBERRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whinberry mean?
• WHINBERRY (noun)
The noun WHINBERRY has 1 sense:
1. erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
Familiarity information: WHINBERRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bilberry; blaeberry; Viccinium myrtillus; whinberry; whortleberry
Hypernyms ("whinberry" is a kind of...):
blueberry; blueberry bush (any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries)
Meronyms (parts of "whinberry"):
bilberry; European blueberry; whortleberry (blue-black berries similar to American blueberries)
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