huckleberry Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries
noun any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries
noun blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States

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.