Huckleberry Definition
hŭkəl-bĕrē
huckleberries
noun
Any of various evergreen or deciduous shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia in the heath family, especially those found in eastern North America, bearing edible bluish-black berries containing hard seedlike nutlets.
American Heritage
Any of a genus (Gaylussacia) of plants of the heath family, having dark-blue berries with ten large seeds.
Webster's New World
The fruit of any of these shrubs.
Webster's New World
A blueberry.
Webster's New World
(idiomatic) A small amount, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Huckleberry
Noun
Singular:
huckleberryPlural:
huckleberriesOrigin of Huckleberry
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Probably alteration of hurtleberry whortleberry whortleberry
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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