huckleberry
huck·le·berry
noun
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
Origin
Probably an alteration of Middle English hurtilbery (“whortleberry”). American English from 1660s.
Phrases
- above one's huckleberry
- bear huckleberry
- black huckleberry
- blue huckleberry
- box huckleberry
- bush huckleberry
- California huckleberry
- dwarf huckleberry
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