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sug⋅ar⋅ber⋅ry

  [shoog-er-ber-ee]
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–noun, plural -ries.
a hackberry, Celtis laevigata, of the southern U.S.
Origin:
1830–40, Americanism; sugar + berry
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hack·ber·ry   (hāk'běr'ē)   
n.   In all senses also called sugarberry.

  1. Any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Celtis, having inconspicuous flowers and small, usually ovoid drupes.

  2. The fruit of such a plant.

  3. The soft yellowish wood of these trees or shrubs.


[Alteration of obsolete hagberry, hegberry : hag-, heg-, hackberry (from Old Norse heggr) + berry.]
sug·ar·ber·ry   (shŏŏg'ər-běr'ē)   
n.  See hackberry.
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