Definition of Gaylussacia brachycera

1. Noun. Creeping evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small shiny boxlike leaves and flavorless berries.

Exact synonyms: Box Huckleberry
Generic synonyms: Huckleberry

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaylussacia Brachycera

Gawd
Gay's glands
Gay-Lussac
Gay-Lussac's equation
Gay-Lussac's law
Gay Games
Gayheart
Gayless
Gaylord
Gaylussacia
Gaylussacia baccata
Gaylussacia brachycera
Gaylussacia frondosa
Gaynerd
Gaynor
Gayo
Gayville
Gaz
Gaza
Gaza Strip
Gazan
Gazania rigens
Gazans
Gazella
Gazella subgutturosa
Gazella thomsoni

Literary usage of Gaylussacia brachycera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1921)
"gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) Gray. Habitat.—Dry upland peat. This species has been studied at the two stations known at present, New Bloomfield, Pa., ..."

2. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"A. Leaves thick, evergreen, serrate with the edges somewhat rolled. Shrub under 1J feet high. Box HUCKLEBERRY — gaylussacia brachycera. ..."

3. How to Know Wild Fruits: A Guide to Plants when Not in Flower by Means of by Maude Gridley Peterson (1914)
"BOX HUCKLEBERRY gaylussacia brachycera Huckleberry Family Fruit. — The light blue, berrylike drupes grow in short clusters. They have ten seedlike nutlets. ..."

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