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huck·le·ber·ry 
[huhk-uhl-ber-ee] Pronunciation Key
[huhk-uhl-ber-ee] Pronunciation Key –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) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Probably alteration of hurtleberry, whortleberry; see whortleberry.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
huckleberry
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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| huckleberry | |
noun | |
| 1. | any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries |
| 2. | any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries |
| 3. | blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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