n.
Pronunciation: ' h ə -k ə l- ˌ ber- ē
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps alteration of hurtleberry huckleberry
Date: 1670
1 : any of a genus ( Gaylussacia ) of American shrubs of the heath family also : the edible dark blue to black usually acid berry (esp. of G. baccata ) with 10 nutlets
2 : BLUEBERRY