bush huckleberry

noun

1. a huckleberry shrub, Gaylussacia dumosa, having sticky, hairy twigs, white or pink flowers, and tasteless but edible black fruit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bush huckleberry¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

What there was of it soon disappeared altogether in an under-thicket of high-bush huckleberry, taller than a man's head.

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