hackberry

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits
noun small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States

A variant of hagberry.

Of the various species of oak, elm, ash, linden, hackberry, &c. it is unnecessary to speak. — A New Guide for Emigrants to the West, John Mason Peck
Not a very inviting place, this shabby way station set in a wilderness of jack-pine and hackberry trees. — In Jeopardy, Van Tassel Sutphen
Across the field, a vine of wild grape ran over the top of two small hackberry trees, forming a natural umbrella-shaped arbor above two big moss-covered boulders which cropped out of the ground beneath, making two natural rustic seats. — The Bishop of Cottontown: A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills, John Trotwood Moore

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