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hackberry
N ผลไม้ ของ ต้น Celtis คล้าย ผล เชอ รี่
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HACKBERRY
HACKBERRY Hack "ber `ry, n. (Bot. )
Defn: A genus of trees (Celtis ) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. C. occidentalis is common in the Eastern United States. Gray.
New American Oxford Dictionary
hackberry
hack ber ry |ˈhakˌberē ˈhækbɛri | ▶noun ( pl. hackberries ) a tree of the elm family that has leaves resembling those of nettles, found in both tropical and temperate regions. See also nettle tree. [Genus Celtis, family Ulmaceae: several species, in particular the North American hackberry (C. occidentalis ), which bears edible purple berries and whose bark becomes ridged and covered with warty knobs. ] • the berry of this tree. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: variant of northern English dialect hagberry, of Scandinavian origin.
Oxford Dictionary
hackberry
hack |berry |ˈhakb (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. hackberries ) a tree of the elm family which has leaves that resemble those of nettles, found in both tropical and temperate regions. See also nettle tree. ●Genus Celtis, family Ulmaceae: several species, in particular the North American hackberry (C. occidentalis ), which bears purple edible berries. • the berry of the hackberry tree. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: variant of northern English dialect hagberry, of Scandinavian origin.
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