- huckleberries
- n. dark blue or black edible berry; bush which bears this berry
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Huckleberry (plant) — Huckleberry is a name used in North America for several plants in two closely related genera in the family Ericaceae: Gaylussacia and Vaccinium . The Huckleberry is the state fruit of Idaho.While some Vaccinium species, such as the Red… … Wikipedia
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Blueberry — For other uses, see Blueberry (disambiguation). Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Gaylussacia brachycera — Taxobox name = Box huckleberry image width = 200px image caption = Box huckleberry in bloom status = G3 status system = TNC status ref =Cite web publisher =NatureServe title = Gaylussacia brachycera work = NatureServe Explorer url =… … Wikipedia
huckleberry — /huk euhl ber ee/, n., pl. huckleberries. 1. the dark blue or black edible berry of any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Gaylussacia of the heath family. 2. a shrub bearing such fruit. 3. blueberry (def. 1). [1660 70, Amer.; perh. alter.… … Universalium
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black huckleberry — noun low shrub of the eastern United States bearing shiny black edible fruit; best known of the huckleberries • Syn: ↑Gaylussacia baccata • Hypernyms: ↑huckleberry • Part Meronyms: ↑huckleberry * * * noun 1 … Useful english dictionary
Gaylussacia — noun deciduous or evergreen shrubs of North America: black huckleberries • Syn: ↑genus Gaylussacia • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Ericaceae, ↑family Ericaceae, ↑heath family … Useful english dictionary
Blueberry — Blue berry, n. [Cf. {Blaeberry}.] (Bot.) The berry of several species of {Vaccinium}, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets. The commonest species are {Vaccinium… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
