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huckleberry

N ผลไม้ พวก  Gaylussasia

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HUCKLE

n.[infra. ] The hip, that is, a bunch.

 

HUCKLEBACKED

a.Having round shoulders.

 

HUCKLEBONE

n.The hip bone.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HUCKLE

Huc "kle, n. Etym: [Perh. dim. of Prov. E. hucka hook, and so named from its round shape. See Hook. ]

 

1. The hip; the haunch.

 

2. A bunch or part projecting like the hip. Huckle bone. (a ) The hip bone; the innominate bone. (b ) A small bone of the ankle; astragalus. [R.] Udall.

 

HUCKLE-BACKED

HUCKLE-BACKED Huc "kle-backed `, a.

 

Defn: Round-shoulded.

 

HUCKLEBERRY

Huc "kle *ber `ry, n. Etym: [Cf. Whortleberry. ] (Bot. )(a ) The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium ), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from G. resinosa.(b ) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry. Squaw huckleberry. See Deeberry.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

huckleberry

huck le ber ry |ˈhəkəlˌberē ˈhəkəlˌbɛri | ▶noun ( pl. huckleberries ) 1 a small, round, edible blue-black berry related to the blueberry. 2 the low-growing North American shrub of the heath family that bears this fruit. [Genus Gaylussacia, family Ericaceae: several species, including the common black huckleberry (G. baccata ).] ORIGIN late 16th cent.: probably originally a dialect name for the blueberry (though early evidence is lacking ), from dialect huckle ‘hip, haunch ’ (because of the plant's jointed stems ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

huckleberry

huckle |berry |ˈhʌk (ə )lb (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. huckleberries ) 1 a soft edible blue-black fruit resembling a currant. 2 the low-growing North American plant of the heather family which bears the huckleberry. ●Genus Gaylussacia, family Ericaceae. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: probably originally a dialect name for the bilberry, from dialect huckle ‘hip, haunch ’ (because of the plant's jointed stems ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

huckleberry

huck le ber ry /hʌ́k (ə )lbèri |-b (ə )ri /名詞 複 -ries C 1 〘植 〙ハックルベリー 〘コケモモに似たツツジ科の低木; 北米産 〙.2 その実 〘ジャムなどで食べる 〙.