Noun: huckleberry 'hú-kul,be-ree [N. Amer], hú-kul-b(u-)ree [Brit]
- Any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries
"We picked wild huckleberries for our pie"
- Blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States
"They picked wild huckleberries for their pie"
- Any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries
"He preferred the tartness of huckleberries to regular blueberries"
Derived forms: huckleberries
Type of: berry, blueberry, blueberry bush, bush, shrub
Part of: black huckleberry, Gaylussacia, Gaylussacia baccata, genus Gaylussacia
Encyclopedia: Huckleberry, Mike