hackberry
Americannoun
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any of several trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Celtis, of the elm family, bearing cherrylike fruit.
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the sometimes edible fruit of such a tree.
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the wood of such a tree.
noun
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any American tree or shrub of the ulmaceous genus Celtis, having edible cherry-like fruits
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the fruit or soft yellowish wood of such a tree
Etymology
Origin of hackberry
1775–85, variant of hagberry (of Scandinavian origin)
Example Sentences
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Over three decades, neighborhood foresters have transformed Dunbar Spring’s bald curbsides into lush forests of mesquite, hackberry, cholla and prickly pear cactus and more—all plants that have edible parts.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2024
Here grow maple, oak, hickory, cottonwood, sycamore, river birch, hackberry, fronds bowed under climbing English ivy, with winter creeper spreading underfoot.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2023
He gestured to a row of freshly planted hackberry trees in the old parking lane.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2023
Ms. Brown urged residents concerned about the caterpillars stripping their hackberry and pecan trees of leaves not to worry.
From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2022
Behind her, a newly emerged brood of tiny snout-nosed butterflies crawled out from under the spiny hackberry bushes and began to creep upon her.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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