Whimberry
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈʍɪmbəɹi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Whimberry is a noun meaning (UK, dialectal) The bilberry or whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus).
Meaning
(UK, dialectal) The bilberry or whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus).
Example Sentences
She made whimberry tarts and we ate them with thick, yellow cream until we were tight as drums.
The lovely pink bloom of the whimberry stalk drops on the turf as the inner part knits itself into hard, green, beady fruit, whilst the leafage changes from a soft green to yellowish brown.
Another variable species: when fed upon whimberry or cowberry it is a most distinct-looking insect, often with the white patches placed in a triangle, one on the disk, one on the hind margin, and the usual one: no band.
Word Forms
- whimberries
- whinberry
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include whinberry, winberry, windberry, wimberry, whortleberry, whort.
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