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Noun: huckleberry  'hú-kul,be-ree [N. Amer], hú-kul-b(u-)ree [Brit]
  1. Any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries
     
  2. Any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries
     
  3. Blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States

Derived forms: huckleberries

Type of: berry, blueberry, blueberry bush, bush, shrub

Part of: black huckleberry, Gaylussacia, Gaylussacia baccata, genus Gaylussacia

Encyclopedia: Huckleberry