1. Deciduous shade tree with small black berries; southern United States; yields soft yellowish wood
   "The sugarberry provided welcome shade in the Southern garden";
   - Celtis laevigata
    
2. Small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States
   "Native Americans traditionally ate sugarberries fresh or dried";
   - hackberry

Derived forms: sugarberries

Type of: berry, hackberry, nettle tree

Part of: Celtis, genus Celtis

Encyclopedia: Sugarberry