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hackberry
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hackberry has 2 senses
- hackberry(n = noun.plant) nettle tree - any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits; Array is a member of celtis, genus celtis
- hackberry(n = noun.food) sugarberry - small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States; Array is a kind of berry
has particulars: celtis australis, european hackberry, mediterranean hackberry, american hackberry, celtis occidentalis, celtis laevigata, sugarberry
is a kind of tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
hackberry, n.
A genus of trees (Celtis ) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. Celtis occidentalis is common in the Eastern United States. Gray. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hackberry, n. (pl. -ies) US 1 any tree of the genus Celtis, native to N. America, bearing purple edible berries.
2 the berry of this tree.
2 the berry of this tree.
Etymology
var. of hagberry, of Norse orig.
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