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hackberry
[ hak-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]
noun
- any of several trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Celtis, of the elm family, bearing cherrylike fruit.
- the sometimes edible fruit of such a tree.
- the wood of such a tree.
hackberry
/ ˈæˌɛɪ /
noun
- any American tree or shrub of the ulmaceous genus Celtis, having edible cherry-like fruits
- the fruit or soft yellowish wood of such a tree
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of hackberry1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of hackberry1
Example Sentences
Over three decades, neighborhood foresters have transformed Dunbar Spring’s bald curbsides into lush forests of mesquite, hackberry, cholla and prickly pear cactus and more—all plants that have edible parts.
Here grow maple, oak, hickory, cottonwood, sycamore, river birch, hackberry, fronds bowed under climbing English ivy, with winter creeper spreading underfoot.
Behind her, a newly emerged brood of tiny snout-nosed butterflies crawled out from under the spiny hackberry bushes and began to creep upon her.
Ms. Brown urged residents concerned about the caterpillars stripping their hackberry and pecan trees of leaves not to worry.
Todd’s tee shot had flown left and come to rest against the trunk of a hackberry tree.
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