HACKBERRY


Meaning of HACKBERRY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhak-ˌber-ē ]

noun

Etymology: alteration of hagberry a cherry resembling the chokecherry

Date: 1779

: any of a genus ( Celtis ) of trees and shrubs of the elm family with small often edible berries ; also : its wood

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