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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, “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, 2nd edition, volume 2, 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.