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huck⋅le⋅ber⋅ry

  [huhk-uhl-ber-ee]
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–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).
Origin:
1660–70, Americanism; perh. alter. of hurtleberry
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huck·le·ber·ry   (hŭk'əl-běr'ē)   
n.  

  1. Any of various New World shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia, related to the blueberries and bearing edible fruit.

  2. The glossy, blackish, many-seeded berry of these plants.


[Probably alteration of hurtleberry, whortleberry; see whortleberry.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

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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