huckleberry
pronunciation
How to pronounce huckleberry in British English:
UK [ˈhʌklbəri]
How to pronounce huckleberry in American English:
US [ˈhʌklberi]
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- Noun:
- any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries
- any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries
- blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States
Word Origin
- huckleberry (n.)
- 1660s, American English, probably an alteration of Middle English hurtilbery "whortleberry" (15c.), from Old English horte "whortleberry." Technically the fruit and plant of Gaylussacia, but also widely colloquially applied to the closely related blueberry (Vaccinium). Slang meaning "person of little consequence" is attested from 1835.
Example
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