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Definition of Huckleberry

1. Noun. Any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries.

2. Noun. Any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries.

3. Noun. Blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States.

Definition of Huckleberry

1. n. 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.

Definition of Huckleberry

1. Noun. A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related genera ''Vaccinium'' and ''Gaylussacia''. ¹

2. Noun. A shrub growing this fruit. ¹

3. Noun. (idiomatic) A small amount, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Huckleberry

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Medical Definition of Huckleberry

1. 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. The shrub that bears the berries. Synonym: whortleberry. Squaw huckleberry. See Deeberry. Origin: Cf. Whortleberry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Huckleberry

hubs huc huced huchen hucing huck huckaback huckabacks huckabuck huckabucks

hucked hucker hucking huckleberries huckleberry huckleberry above a persimmon huckleberry oak hucklebucks huckles hucks

hucksterage huckstered hucksterer hucksterers huckstering hucksterish hucksterism

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