huckleberry

[ huhk-uhl-ber-ee ]

noun,plural huck·le·ber·ries.
  1. the dark-blue or black edible berry of any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Gaylussacia of the heath family.

  2. a shrub bearing such fruit.

Origin of huckleberry

1
1660–70, Americanism; perhaps alteration of hurtleberry

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huckleberry

/ (ˈhʌkəlˌbɛrɪ) /


nounplural -ries
  1. any American ericaceous shrub of the genus Gaylussacia, having edible dark blue berries with large seeds

  2. the fruit of any of these shrubs

  1. another name for blueberry

  2. a Brit name for whortleberry (def. 1)

Origin of huckleberry

1
C17: probably a variant of hurtleberry, of unknown origin

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