huckleberry

Definition of Huckleberry in English :

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Noun

1. huckleberry

any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries

2. huckleberry

any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries

3. huckleberry

blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Huckleberry

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noun plural -ries

1.

any American ericaceous shrub of the genus Gaylussacia, having edible dark blue berries with large seeds

2.

the fruit of any of these shrubs

3. another name for blueberry

4. a Brit name for whortleberry (sense 1)

Huckleberry

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nounWord forms: plural ˈhuckleˌberries

1.

any of a genus (Gaylussacia) of plants of the heath family, having dark-blue berries with ten large seeds

2.

the fruit of any of these shrubs

3. Loosely

a blueberry

Huckleberry

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n.

1.

a. Any of various evergreen or deciduous shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia in the heath family, especially those found in eastern North America, bearing edible bluish-black berries containing hard seedlike nutlets.

b. Any of various erect deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Vaccinium in the heath family, primarily of western North America, having edible blackish, blue, or red berries.

2. The fruit of any of these plants.

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