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Definition of Bog whortleberry
1. Noun. An evergreen shrub with leathery leaves.
Generic synonyms: Blueberry, Blueberry Bush
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bog Whortleberry
Literary usage of Bog whortleberry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mountain and moor by John Ellor Taylor, Josiah Wood Whymper (1879)
"In such places as these, especially on our northern mountains, we may be pretty
sure of finding the bog whortleberry, or Great Bilberry, ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"bog whortleberry. Bleaberry. Fig. 3259. Vaccinium uliginosum L. Sp. PI. 350.
1753. A stiff much-branched shrub, 6'-24' high. Leaves thick when mature, ..."
3. Our Northern Shrubs and how to Identify Them: A Handbook for the Nature-lover by Harriet Louise Keeler (1903)
"Fruit.—Berry, globular, blue with a bloom, sweet, about one- fourth of an inch
in diameter. August. BOG BILBERRY. bog whortleberry Bog Bilberry, ..."
4. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"... Great Bilberry, or bog whortleberry, has 1-flowered peduncles, with obovate,
entire, veined, and deciduous leaves, with rounded stems. ..."
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