hurtleberry

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English hurtil-beri (“bilberry or blue whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); berry of this shrub”); further etymology unknown, compare Middle English horten, hurten (“bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)”), and Old English horte (“bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɜːtl̩bɛɹi/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɜɹt(ə)lˌbɛɹi/, [-ɾ(ə)l-] Hyphenation: hurt‧le‧ber‧ry === Noun === hurtleberry (plural hurtleberries) Synonym of whortleberry. === References === === Further reading === Vaccinium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:Vaccinium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Vaccinium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Joseph Wright, editor (1902), “HURTLEBERRY, sb.”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume III (H–L), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 291, column 1.