huckleberry

huck·le·ber·ry  (hkl-br)

n.

1. Any of various New World shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia, related to the blueberries and bearing edible fruit.

2. The glossy, blackish, many-seeded berry of these plants.

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[Probably alteration of hurtleberry, whortleberry; see whortleberry.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	huckleberry - any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries blueberry, blueberry bush - any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries
	2.	huckleberry - any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries Gaylussacia, genus Gaylussacia - deciduous or evergreen shrubs of North America: black huckleberries black huckleberry, Gaylussacia baccata - low shrub of the eastern United States bearing shiny black edible fruit; best known of the huckleberries dangle-berry, dangleberry, Gaylussacia frondosa - huckleberry of the eastern United States with pink flowers and sweet blue fruit box huckleberry, Gaylussacia brachycera - creeping evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small shiny boxlike leaves and flavorless berries bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	3.	huckleberry - blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States berry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves black huckleberry, Gaylussacia baccata - low shrub of the eastern United States bearing shiny black edible fruit; best known of the huckleberries