huckleberry
huckleberry
Definition
☆ huckle·berry (huk′əl ber′ē)
noun pl. -·ries
- any of a genus (Gaylussacia) of plants of the heath family, having dark-blue berries with ten large seeds
- the fruit of any of these shrubs
- loosely a blueberry
Etymology: prob. altered < hurtleberry
huckleberry
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- hill: All the Indian huckleberry hills are stripped, all the cranberry meadows are raked into the city.
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