huckleberry

n. dark blue or black edible berry; bush which bears this berry

For other uses of the word "Huckleberry", see Huckleberry Finn and Huckleberry Hound.Huckleberry is a name used in North America for several plants in two closely related genera in the family Ericaceae: Gaylussacia and Vaccinium.While some Vaccinium species, such as the Red Huckleberry, are always called huckleberries, other species may be called blueberries or huckleberries depending upon local custom. Similar Vaccinium species in Europe are called bilberries.
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Noun
1. any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries
(hypernym) blueberry, blueberry bush
2. any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries
(hypernym) shrub, bush
(hyponym) black huckleberry, Gaylussacia baccata
(member-holonym) Gaylussacia, genus Gaylussacia
3. blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States
(hypernym) berry
(part-holonym) black huckleberry, Gaylussacia baccata

(n.)
The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry.
  

(n.)
The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from G. resinosa.
  

huckleberry
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