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huckleberry

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Food, dish, Plants
huck·le·ber·ry /ˈhʌkəlbəri $ -beri/ noun (plural huckleberries) [countable]  DFFHBPa small dark blue North American fruit that grows on a bush 〔产于北美的〕黑果
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huckleberryThe forests are mostly mixes of loblolly pine and sweet gum, with a holly and huckleberry understory.
Origin huckleberry (1500-1600) Perhaps from hurtleberry type of berry ((15-20 centuries)), from Old English horte type of berry
huck·le·ber·ry nounChineseSyllable
fruit dark small North American a blue Corpus


huckleberry
huckleberry /ˈhʌkəlbəri $ -beri/ noun (plural huckleberries) [countable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Origin: Perhaps from hurtleberry type of berry (15-20 centuries), from Old English horte type of berry
a small dark blue North American fruit that grows on a bush


huckle·berryBrE /ˈhʌklbəri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhʌklberi/ 🔊 noun (
plural
huckle·berries
)
a small soft round purple N American fruit. The bush it grows on is also called a huckleberry. 美洲越橘;美洲越橘树