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.
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Any of various erect deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Vaccinium in the heath family, primarily of western North America, having edible blackish, blue, or red berries.
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The fruit of any of these shrubs.
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(loosely) A blueberry.
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A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related generaVaccinium and Gaylussacia.
From
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Huckleberry Sentence Examples
Huckleberry, blackberry and raspberry bushes are common in the north sections.
There is also a little blueberry that the men say is the Rocky Mountain huckleberry.
Among the shrubs and vines are the blackberry, black and red raspberry, gooseberry, huckleberry, hazel and grape.
Mark Twain's boyhood was spent at Hannibal, which is the setting of Life on the Mississippi, Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer; Hannibal Cave, described in Tom Sawyer, extends for miles beneath the river and its bluffs.
In 1875 he published The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the sequel to which, Huckleberry Finn, did not appear until 1884.