sugarberry

[ shoog-er-ber-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural sug·ar·ber·ries.

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; sugar + berry

It is in autumn, of course, that the hackberry earns its name, sugarberry.

Botanists formerly confused the two, and probably some insist still that sugarberry is only a variety of hackberry.

An immense sugarberry tree, beautifully proportioned, casts inviting shade directly in front of the stoop.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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