huckleberry
(noun) blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States
huckleberry
(noun) any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries
huckleberry
(noun) any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries
Source: WordNet® 3.1
huckleberry (plural huckleberries)
A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.
A shrub growing this fruit.
A small amount, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon.
(slang) A person of little consequence.
(US, slang) The person one is looking for; the right person for the job.
While some Vaccinium species, such as Vaccinium parvifolium, the red huckleberry, are always called huckleberries, other species may be called blueberries or huckleberries depending upon local custom. Usually, the distinction between them is that blueberries are white on the inside in most cases compared to huckleberries which vary from red to purple inside with a couple dozen tiny seeds.
Source: Wiktionary
Huc"kle*ber`ry, n. Etym: [Cf. Whortleberry.] (Bot.) (a) 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. (b) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry. Squaw huckleberry. See Deeberry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 November 2024
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