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a huckleberry shrub, Gaylussacia dumosa, having sticky, hairy twigs, white or pink flowers, and tasteless but edible black fruit.[1840-50, Amer.]
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huckleberry — /huk euhl ber ee/, n., pl. huckleberries. 1. the dark blue or black edible berry of any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Gaylussacia of the heath family. 2. a shrub bearing such fruit. 3. blueberry (def. 1). [1660 70, Amer.; perh. alter.… … Universalium
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huckleberry — huck|le|ber|ry [ˈhʌkəlbəri US beri] n plural huckleberries [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from hurtleberry type of berry (15 20 centuries), from Old English horte type of berry] a small dark blue North American fruit that grows on a bush … Dictionary of contemporary English
huckleberry — n. dark blue or black edible berry; bush which bears this berry … English contemporary dictionary
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evergreen huckleberry — noun stiff bushy evergreen shrub of western North America having sour black berries and glossy green foliage used in floral arrangements • Syn: ↑Vaccinium ovatum • Hypernyms: ↑blueberry, ↑blueberry bush … Useful english dictionary
