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dangleberry

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dan⋅gle⋅ber⋅ry

  [dang-guhl-ber-ee]
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–noun, plural -ries.
tangleberry.
Origin:
1825–35, Americanism

tan⋅gle⋅ber⋅ry

  [tang-guhl-ber-ee]
–noun, plural -ries.
a huckleberry, Gaylussacia frondosa, of the eastern U.S.
Also called blue huckleberry, dangleberry.

Origin:
tangle 1 + berry
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dan·gle·ber·ry   (dāng'gəl-běr'ē)   
n.  A deciduous shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) of the eastern United States, having dark blue fruits. Also called dwarf huckleberry.

[Probably alteration of tangleberry.]
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