huckleberry

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: huck=le=ber=ry

CIDE DICTIONARY

huckleberry, n. [Cf. Whortleberry.].

 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 Gaylussacia resinosa.  [1913 Webster]

Squaw huckleberry. See Deeberry.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

huckleberry, n. (pl. -ies)
1 any low-growing N. American shrub of the genus Gaylussacia.
2 the blue or black soft fruit of this plant.

Etymology

prob. alt. of hurtleberry, WHORTLEBERRY