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 

• WHINBERRY (noun)

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)