sugarberry

American

[shoog-er-ber-ee] / ˈʃʊg ərˌbɛr i /

noun

PLURAL

sugarberries

a hackberry, Celtis laevigata, of the southern U.S.

Etymology

Origin of sugarberry

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; sugar + berry

Example Sentences

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Choose your own top: glass, quartz or marble composite, or woods like walnut, maple, spalted sugarberry and ash.

From Washington Times

From this characteristic it is sometimes called sugarberry.

From Project Gutenberg

I have known a pair of bluebirds to brave them on such poor rations as are afforded by the hardhack or sugarberry,—a drupe the size of a small pea, with a thin, sweet skin.

From Project Gutenberg

An immense sugarberry tree, beautifully proportioned, casts inviting shade directly in front of the stoop.

From Project Gutenberg

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