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BOX HUCKLEBERRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does box huckleberry mean?
• BOX HUCKLEBERRY (noun)
The noun BOX HUCKLEBERRY has 1 sense:
1. creeping evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small shiny boxlike leaves and flavorless berries
Familiarity information: BOX HUCKLEBERRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Creeping evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small shiny boxlike leaves and flavorless berries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
box huckleberry; Gaylussacia brachycera
Hypernyms ("box huckleberry" is a kind of...):
huckleberry (any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries)
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