huckleberry

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries
  2. noun any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries
  3. noun blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States

Etymology

Probably an alteration of Middle English hurtilbery (“whortleberry”). American English from 1660s.

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