huckleberry

Inflections of 'huckleberry' (n): npl: huckleberries

huck•le•ber•ry n. [countable], pl. -ries.

Plant Biologya dark blue or black berry that may be eaten, coming from a shrub of the heath family.
Plant Biologya shrub bearing huckleberries.

huck•le•ber•ry n., pl. -ries.

Plant Biologythe dark-blue or black edible berry of any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Gaylussacia of the heath family.
Plant Biologya shrub bearing such fruit.
Plant Biologyblueberry (def. 1).

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huckleberry /ˈhʌk^əlˌbɛrɪ/ n ( pl -ries)

any American ericaceous shrub of the genus Gaylussacia, having edible dark blue berries with large seeds
the fruit of any of these shrubs
another name for blueberry
a Brit name for whortleberry

Etymology: 17th Century: probably a variant of hurtleberry, of unknown origin

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