huckleberry
Americannoun
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the dark-blue or black edible berry of any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Gaylussacia of the heath family.
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a shrub bearing such fruit.
noun
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any American ericaceous shrub of the genus Gaylussacia, having edible dark blue berries with large seeds
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the fruit of any of these shrubs
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another name for blueberry
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a Brit name for whortleberry
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Etymology
Origin of huckleberry
1660–70, perhaps alteration of hurtleberry
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My favorite bites included a stuffed squab with farro, black trumpet mushroom relish, and huckleberry, as well as a whimsical dish called “The Truffle Hunt.”
From Salon ● May 28, 2025
I really appreciated the language in the film, such as a line, “That’s a huckleberry above my persimmon,” which I am going to start using immediately.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2024
A Pacific Northwest forest planted with Douglas fir, cedar, hemlock and larch underplanted with evergreen huckleberry, salal and ferns transitions to an open woodland of native dogwood trees, red twig dogwood and flowering red currant.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
Analyzing the cranberry's genome can indicate when it diverged evolutionarily from some of its relatives, such as the blueberry, lingonberry and huckleberry.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2023
My mouth was so full of huckleberry pie I had to swallow four or five times before I had room enough to say anything.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
The hungry bears might devour some huckleberries in one meadow, wander a couple of thousand feet in elevation and then leave seeds in their scat to grow elsewhere.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2024
Both are close to 4,000 feet of elevation gained, and like Granite, Dickerman has fields of huckleberries starting around Mile 2.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
This mammoth climb right off Interstate 90 has a lot of elevation gain — and a bounty of huckleberries, too.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
“Whenever I think of native foods, salmon is always the first food that comes to mind. And then the second food that comes to mind is huckleberries, which is in that dish.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
Acorns, beechnuts, and chestnuts; strawberries, huckleberries, and blackberries; wheat, oats, and maize—all went down the pigeons’ iridescently feathered gullets.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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