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box huckleberry

American

noun

a nearly prostrate evergreen huckleberry shrub, Gaylussacia brachycera, of central to eastern North America, having short clusters of white or pink flowers and blue fruit.

Etymology

Origin of box huckleberry

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

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