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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Huckleberry \Huc"kle*ber`ry\, n. [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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
huckleberry
n 1: any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from
blue-fruited blueberries
2: any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small
berries resembling blueberries
3: blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of
the eastern United States
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