hackberry


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hackberry/ˈhakb(ə)ri/
noun (pl. hackberries)
  • 1 a tree with leaves that resemble those of nettles. [Celtis occidentalis (N. America) and other species.]
  • 2 the purple berry of the hackberry tree.
– origin C18: var. of northern English dial. hagberry, of Scand. origin.
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