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Blue huckleberry — refers to either of two plants native to North America:* Gaylussacia frondosa , Eastern United States a dangleberry * Vaccinium deliciosum (also called Cascade bilberry or Cascade huckleberry), Western United States and British Columbia, Canada a … Wikipedia
blue huckleberry — noun : dangleberry * * * tangleberry. [1880 85, Amer.] … Useful english dictionary
Huckleberry (plant) — Huckleberry is a name used in North America for several plants in two closely related genera in the family Ericaceae: Gaylussacia and Vaccinium . The Huckleberry is the state fruit of Idaho.While some Vaccinium species, such as the Red… … Wikipedia
Huckleberry — Huc kle*ber ry, n. [Cf. {Whortleberry}.] (Bot.) (a) 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
huckleberry — ☆ huckleberry [huk′əl ber΄ē ] n. pl. huckleberries [prob. altered < HURTLEBERRY] 1. any of a genus (Gaylussacia) of plants of the heath family, having dark blue berries with ten large seeds 2. the fruit of any of these shrubs 3. loosely a… … English World dictionary
blue|ber|ry — «BLOO BEHR ee, buhr », noun, plural ries, verb, ried, ry|ing. –noun. 1. a small, sweet berry, colored blue, which tastes much like the huckleberry but has smaller seeds. 2. the shrub that it grows on. Blueberries belong to the heath family.… … Useful english dictionary
Blue Mountains (ecoregion) — The Blue Mountains ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. state of Oregon, with small areas over the state border in Idaho and Washington. It extends from the Redmond… … Wikipedia
Huckleberry Hound — Infobox Television show name = The Huckleberry Hound Show caption = Title card for the Huckleberry Hound segment. genre = Cartoon series voices = Daws Butler Don Messick Doug Young theme music composer = Hoyt S. Curtin country = USA num seasons … Wikipedia
huckleberry — /huk euhl ber ee/, n., pl. huckleberries. 1. the dark blue or black edible berry of any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Gaylussacia of the heath family. 2. a shrub bearing such fruit. 3. blueberry (def. 1). [1660 70, Amer.; perh. alter.… … Universalium
Huckleberry Island (New York) — Infobox Islands name = Huckleberry Island image caption = Location of Huckleberry Island off the coast of New Rochelle, New York image size = 300px locator native name = native name link = nickname = location = New Rochelle, New York Long Island… … Wikipedia
