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hackberry

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hack·ber·ry  (hkbr)
n. In all senses also called sugarberry.
1. Any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Celtis, having inconspicuous flowers and small, usually ovoid drupes.
2. The fruit of such a plant.
3. The soft yellowish wood of these trees or shrubs.

[Alteration of obsolete hagberry, hegberry : hag-, heg-, hackberry (from Old Norse heggr) + berry.]

hackberry [ˈhækˌbɛrɪ]
n pl -ries
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any American tree or shrub of the ulmaceous genus Celtis, having edible cherry-like fruits
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the fruit or soft yellowish wood of such a tree
[variant of C16 hagberry, of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse heggr hackberry]
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Noun1.hackberry - any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruitshackberry - any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits
Celtis, genus Celtis - large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit
Celtis australis, European hackberry, Mediterranean hackberry - bright green deciduous shade tree of southern Europe
American hackberry, Celtis occidentalis - large deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries
Celtis laevigata, sugarberry - deciduous shade tree with small black berries; southern United States; yields soft yellowish wood
tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
2.hackberry - small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States
berry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
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hackberry [ˈhækberɪ] Nalmez m


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