Tall pines, a thin growth, stood wherever we turned our eyes, and the ground was covered with the dwarf palmetto, and the whortleberry, which is here an evergreen. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America] Reference
These red spots are the blueberry and whortleberry bushes. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866] Reference
Raspberry, blackberry and whortleberry may be made the same. From Wordnik.com. [The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home] Reference
Understory growth is not luxuriant, consisting mostly of grouse whortleberry, Oregon grape, and birchleaf spirea. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Wyoming (EPA)] Reference
Higher up there were sheets of fire-red pinks, and on the summit an unbroken carpet of the dwarf whortleberry, with its waxen bells. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864] Reference
Increased CO2 concentrations interacted with high UV-B radiation levels to increase leaf ice nucleation temperature by 5 °C in bog whortleberry. From Wordnik.com. [Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation] Reference
A combination of elevated CO2 and UV-B radiation levels increased late-season frost sensitivity of leaves of bog whortleberry from -11.5 to -6 °C. From Wordnik.com. [Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation] Reference
The earth produced bad fruits; the cranberry and the whortleberry rotted on the frost-nipped bushes, and the strawberry shrivelled on the mildewed vine. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)] Reference
Crossing the Au Sable, we soon came to the tamarac forests and whortleberry plains, so characteristic of the tract between that river and the Saranac lakes. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
For the most part it was covered with a thick growth of gorse and whortleberry, and low tough thorns, though here and there clearings opened, the scars of recent fires. From Wordnik.com. [The Lord of the Rings]
Sami reindeer herders from Kaldoaivi in Utsjoki have observed that berries such as bog whortleberry ( '' Vaccinium uliginosum '') have almost disappeared in some areas. From Wordnik.com. [Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation] Reference
Nubian youth, so black that he was almost blue, like a whortleberry. From Wordnik.com. [It Happened in Egypt] Reference
It is a black, tasteless berry, a little larger than the whortleberry. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers] Reference
Humblebee and whortleberry for people that say Woos-ses-ter and Nor-wich. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet at the Breakfast-Table] Reference
In a cottage some way up the hill we ate clotted cream and whortleberry jam. From Wordnik.com. [Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies] Reference
Around it were beds of red phlox, red whortleberry bushes, and wild sunflowers. From Wordnik.com. [The Log School-House on the Columbia] Reference
The plain is now grown up with poplar, hazle-bush, scrub-oak, and whortleberry. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers] Reference
Here, in the midst of a thicket of high whortleberry bushes, I encamped for the day. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty years in chains, or, The life of an American slave,] Reference
Probably from F. vaciet bilberry, whortleberry; cf. L. vaccinium blueberry, whortleberry. From Wordnik.com. [Errata: The Wordie Blog] Reference
The surface of the island is plentifully overgrown with whortleberry and bayberry bushes. From Wordnik.com. [Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2.] Reference
The red whortleberry (Vaccinium vitis idea) is found everywhere but is most abundant in rocky places. From Wordnik.com. [The Journey to the Polar Sea] Reference
Both banks of the river are literally covered with the ripe whortleberry -- it is large and delicious. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers] Reference
The lists were a long alley between the pines, all soft moss and low scrub of whortleberry and heather. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Lovers] Reference
The wild cherry, the whortleberry, the serviceberry, the thimbleberry, and the dewberry are very abundant. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman in Battle: A Narrative of the Exploits, Adventures, and Travels of Madame Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Otherwise Known as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Confederate States Army. In Which Is Given Full Descriptions of the Numerous Battles in which She Participated as a Confederate Officer; of Her Perilous Performances as a Spy, as a Bearer of Despatches, as a Secret-Service Agent, and as a Blockade-Runner; of Her Adventures Behind the Scenes at Washington, including the Bond Swindle; of her Career as a Bounty and Substitute Broker in New York; of Her Travels in Europe and South America; Her Mining Adventures on the Pacific Slope; Her Residence among the Mormons; Her Love Affairs, Courtships, Marriages, &c., &c.] Reference
Sampson county is noted for the immense quantities of the whortleberry (or huckleberry) which cover the country. From Wordnik.com. [North Carolina and its Resources.] Reference
The whortleberry bushes are almost as thick as the heather in places on the steep, rocky hills that overlook the Exe. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Fields] Reference
Betwixt this and Edenton there are many whortleberry slashes, which afford a convenient harbour for wolves and foxes. From Wordnik.com. [The Westover Manuscripts: Containing the History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A Journey to the Land of Eden, A. D. 1733; and A Progress to the Mines. Written from 1728 to 1736, and Now First Published] Reference
Fay leaned out of the pony carriage and picked from the high bank a spray of whortleberry with a butterfly poised on it. From Wordnik.com. [Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron] Reference
At Raddevski several kinds of berries were offered us, but only the blackberry and whortleberry were familiar to my eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life] Reference
Under our feet was the purple heath with great patches of whortleberry, that tiny shrub that bears the little purply grey fruit. From Wordnik.com. [Patience Wins War in the Works] Reference
Having crossed, we proceeded down the eastern bank, through a wild and irregular growth of ivy, laurel, and whortleberry bushes. From Wordnik.com. [Mountain Scenery. The Scenery of the Mountains of Western North Carolina and Northwestern South Carolina.] Reference
The parts of this barrier which are covered with whortleberry bushes and with oaks, have been either not at all or very little blown. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth as Modified by Human Action] Reference
The whortleberry with its tiny foliage made a miniature forest of pale golden green at the feet of the dark serried trunks of the pines. From Wordnik.com. [Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron] Reference
The berries, too -- the strawberry, the blackberry, the raspberry, the whortleberry, scarcely bear fruit at all except in cleared ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth as Modified by Human Action] Reference
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