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(hak′ber′ē)

noun pl. hackberries

☆ any of a genus (Celtis) of American trees of the elm family, with a small fruit resembling a cherry
☆ its fruit or its wood

Origin: < Scand, as in Dan hæggebær, Norw haggebär, ON heggr: for IE base see hedge

See hackberry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun In all senses also called sugarberry.

Any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Celtis, having inconspicuous flowers and small, usually ovoid drupes.
The fruit of such a plant.
The soft yellowish wood of these trees or shrubs.

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Origin: Alteration of obsolete hagberry, hegberry

Origin: : hag-, heg-, hackberry (from Old Norse heggr)

Origin: + berry

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