highbush huckleberry
noun
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Discover The Influence Of Portuguese On English Via This Quiz!
We’ve gathered some interesting words donated to English from Portuguese … as well as some that just don’t translate at all. Do you know what they mean?
Question 1 of 11
Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
Words nearby highbush huckleberry
highboy, highbred, highbrow, highbush blueberry, highbush cranberry, highbush huckleberry, highchair, highdaddy, higher, higher apsis, higher arithmetic
Origin of highbush huckleberry
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
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