Definitions for: Huckleberry

[n] blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States
[n] any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries
[n] any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: berry, black huckleberry, black huckleberry, blueberry, blueberry bush, box huckleberry, bush, dangleberry, Gaylussacia, Gaylussacia baccata, Gaylussacia baccata, Gaylussacia brachycera, Gaylussacia frondosa, genus Gaylussacia, shrub

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