HACKBERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hackberry mean? 

• HACKBERRY (noun)
  The noun HACKBERRY has 2 senses:

1. any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits

2. small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States

  Familiarity information: HACKBERRY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HACKBERRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

hackberry; nettle tree

Hypernyms ("hackberry" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hackberry"):

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)

Holonyms ("hackberry" is a member of...):

Celtis; genus Celtis (large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

hackberry; sugarberry

Hypernyms ("hackberry" is a kind of...):

berry (any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves)