HUCKLEBERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does huckleberry mean? 

• HUCKLEBERRY (noun)
  The noun HUCKLEBERRY has 3 senses:

1. any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries

2. any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries

3. blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States

  Familiarity information: HUCKLEBERRY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUCKLEBERRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

blueberry; blueberry bush (any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

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)

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

Gaylussacia; genus Gaylussacia (deciduous or evergreen shrubs of North America: black huckleberries)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

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

Holonyms ("huckleberry" is a part of...):

black huckleberry; Gaylussacia baccata (low shrub of the eastern United States bearing shiny black edible fruit; best known of the huckleberries)