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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)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Huckleberry

hubs huc huced huchen hucing huck huckaback huckabacks huckabuck huckabucks

hucked hucker hucking huckleberries huckleberry (current term) huckleberry above a persimmon huckleberry oak hucklebucks huckles hucks

hucksterage huckstered hucksterer hucksterers huckstering hucksterish hucksterism

Literary usage of Huckleberry

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1. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association, Richard Rogers Bowker, Charles Ammi Cutter (1907)
""No, no," she says, "Tom Sawyer, and you, you horrid huckleberry Finn, you mustn't come here. All the boys and girls in here are good and pious ; they have ..."

2. Sharps and Flats by Eugene Field (1900)
"Tribute to the huckleberry March 27, 1885 THE Hon. Edward S. Phelps, recently appointed minister to England, is a poet— perhaps not as great a poet as James ..."

3. How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of by Frances Theodora Parsons, Marion Satterlee (1900)
"Greenish-white or purplish ; suggesting somewhat those of the blueberry and huckleberry, but noticeable especially for their protruding stamens. Fruit. ..."

4. The Library and the Librarian: A Selection of Articles from the Boston by Edmund Lester Pearson (1910)
"No, no," she says, " Tom Sawyer, and you, you horrid huckleberry Finn, you musn't come here. All the boys and girls in here are good and pious; ..."

5. Mrs. Putnam's Receipt Book: And Young Housekeeper's Assistant by E. Putnam (1869)
"BAKED huckleberry PUDDING. One quart of huckleberries, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved ... ANOTHER huckleberry PUDDING. Make some cream of tartar dough, ..."

6. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1921)
"In the second class go Roughing It, Tom Sawyer, Life on the Mississippi, huckleberry Finn, Adam's Diary, and Eve's Diary; and from such work has proceeded ..."

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