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Huckleberry

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.

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Berry 76% connected

Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc.

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Blueberry 76% connected

The berry of several species of Vaccinium, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead…

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Bush 76% connected

A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.

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Shrub 76% connected

A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.

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Dangleberry 76% connected

A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called…

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