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Huckleberry

Huckleberry Meaning & Definition
Huckleberry Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Huckleberry?

[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

Huckleberry In Webster's Dictionary

\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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