windberry
English
Noun
windberry (plural windberries)
- Alternative form of whimberry
- 1806, John Evans, The Bees, Shrewsbury: W. Eddowes, Book III, page 12:
- On a nearer examination, he found this beautiful tint to arise from the young shoots of the common windberry (Vaccinium Myrtillus) which grows there in great abundance.
- 1838 June 1, “Domestic Preserving No. I.”, in The Magazine of Domestic Economy, volume 3, London: W.S. Orr & Co., page 356:
- […] and during the season of its appearance, the windberry pudding has a “prescriptive right” to take the lead at the forester's second course.
- 1994, “Windberry (Bilberry) Vaccinium myrtillus”, in Audrey Ensinger [et al.], editors, Foods and Nutrition Encyclopedia, volume 2, 2nd edition, Boca Raton: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 2335:
- It is closely related to blueberries and huckleberries. Windberries are used fresh or in confections, jams and pies.