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[huhk-uh
l-ber-ee] 
–noun, plural -ries.
| 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). |
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| huck·le·ber·ry (hŭk'əl-běr'ē) n.
[Probably alteration of hurtleberry, whortleberry; see whortleberry.] |
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Huckleberry
Huc"kle*ber`ry\, n. [Cf. Whortleberry.] (Bot.) (a) The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from G. resinosa. (b) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry. Squaw huckleberry. See Deeberry.
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huckleberry
1670, Amer.Eng., probably an alteration of M.E. hurtilbery "whortleberry," from O.E. horte. Technically the fruit and plant of Gaylussacia, but also colloquially applied to the closely related blueberry. Slang meaning "person of little consequence" is attested from 1835.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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