huckleberry

Speech parts

1. huckleberry - Noun

2. huckleberry - Verb

Meaning

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.

The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bilberry blueberry huck berry pippin cran citron mulberry gooseberry chestnut raspberry currant date fruit cherry
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Hypernyms

bush berry fruit shrub blueberry blueberry bush

Hyponyms

dangleberry dangle-berry Gaylussacia frondosa box huckleberry Gaylussacia brachycera black huckleberry

Phrases with the word

huckleberry above a persimmon above one's huckleberry huckleberry above one's persimmon huckleberry plant squaw huckleberry bog huckleberry

Examples

Aristophanes, like Vonnegut, wrote humorous critiques of contemporary society.sfn Vonnegut's life and work also share similarities with that of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn writer Mark Twain. Source: Internet

Huckleberry "Huck" Finn (the protagonist and first-person narrator ) and his friend, Thomas "Tom" Sawyer, have each come into a considerable sum of money as a result of their earlier adventures (detailed in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ). Source: Internet

Music (Chronological) * Mississippi Suite (1926), by Ferde Grofe : the second movement is a lighthearted whimsical piece entitled "Huckleberry Finn" * Huckleberry Finn Suite (2005), by Franco Cesarini: a four movement piece running about 13 minutes. Source: Internet

The grey seal, known now affectionately as Huckleberry Finn was released by a core team of National Aquarium Animal Rescue staff from Assateague Island State Park on Wednesday morning. Source: Internet

Beginning with a few pages he had removed from the earlier novel, Twain began work on a manuscript he originally titled Huckleberry Finn's Autobiography. Source: Internet

However, Hearn continues by explaining that "the reticent Howells found nothing in the proofs of Huckleberry Finn so offensive that it needed to be struck out". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

huckle huckle bone huckle-backed huckleberry above a persimmon huckleberry above one's persimmon Huckleberry Finn