dictionary definitions for "huckleberry"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  huckleberry
      n 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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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
         Gaylussacia resinosa.
     (b) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also
         whortleberry.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     Squaw huckleberry. See Deeberry.
        [1913 Webster]


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