hackberry
noun
any of several trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Celtis, of the elm family, bearing cherrylike fruit.
hackberries
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pluralof hackberry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In Staten Island and eastern Queens, including Elmhurst and Laurelton, we’ll plant hackberries and junipers.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2022
They stalked deer as the animals drank from an ancient lake and gathered hackberries and nuts from chestnut and walnut trees lining nearby rivers.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 22, 2016
Fifty or sixty tropical and temperate-zone species of hackberries include two North American trees which have considerable value for shade and ornamental planting.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Julia Ellen Rogers
The bridge there is hidden in summer by a grove of hackberries.
From Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers by Various
They left the island behind, and soon White Bear saw the hundred lodges of Saukenuk through the weeping willows, hackberries, maples and oaks that grew along the riverbank.
From Shaman by Robert Shea
