Meaning of HUCKLEBERRY
| Pronunciation: | | 'hukul`beree
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- [n] blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States
- [n] any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries
- [n] any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries
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| | See Also: | | berry, black huckleberry, black huckleberry, blueberry, blueberry bush, box huckleberry, bush, dangleberry, Gaylussacia, Gaylussacia baccata, Gaylussacia baccata, Gaylussacia brachycera, Gaylussacia frondosa, genus Gaylussacia, shrub | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Huc"kle*ber`ry\, n. [Cf. {Whortleberry}.] (Bot.)
(a) The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of
the American genus {Gaylussacia}, shrubs nearly related
to the blueberries ({Vaccinium}), and formerly confused
with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from {G.
resinosa}.
(b) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also
whortleberry.
{Squaw huckleberry}. See {Deeberry}.
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