Huckleberry

['hʌk(ə)lb(ə)rɪ] or ['hʌkl'bɛri]

Definition

(noun.) blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States.

(noun.) any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries.

(noun.) any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries.

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Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Black whortleberry (Vaccinium resinosum).

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Definition

n. a North American shrub (Gaylussacia) with blue berries.

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