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• huckleberries — n. dark blue or black edible berry; bush which bears this berry …   English contemporary 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

• Bear Rocks Nature Preserve — Bear Rocks Preserve is a widely recognized symbol of West Virginia wilderness that is among the most frequently photographed places in West Virginia. It is a well known landmark on the eastern edge of the plateau that includes the Dolly Sods… …   Wikipedia

• Sky Lakes Wilderness — Infobox protected area | name = Sky Lakes Wilderness iucn category = Ib caption = Seven Lakes Basin from Devil s Peak locator x = locator y = location = Oregon, USA nearest city = Chiloquin, Oregon lat degrees = 42 lat minutes = 37 lat seconds =… …   Wikipedia

• Blueberry — For other uses, see Blueberry (disambiguation). Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• Gaylussacia brachycera — Taxobox name = Box huckleberry image width = 200px image caption = Box huckleberry in bloom status = G3 status system = TNC status ref =Cite web publisher =NatureServe title = Gaylussacia brachycera work = NatureServe Explorer url =… …   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

• Vaccinium membranaceum — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …   Wikipedia

• black huckleberry — noun low shrub of the eastern United States bearing shiny black edible fruit; best known of the huckleberries • Syn: ↑Gaylussacia baccata • Hypernyms: ↑huckleberry • Part Meronyms: ↑huckleberry * * * noun 1 …   Useful english dictionary

• Gaylussacia — noun deciduous or evergreen shrubs of North America: black huckleberries • Syn: ↑genus Gaylussacia • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Ericaceae, ↑family Ericaceae, ↑heath family …   Useful english dictionary

• Blueberry — Blue berry, n. [Cf. {Blaeberry}.] (Bot.) The berry of several species of {Vaccinium}, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets. The commonest species are {Vaccinium… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English