/ ˈhʌklbəri; NAmE -beri/ noun
( pl. -ies ) a small soft round purple N American fruit. The bush it grows on is also called a huckleberry.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent.: probably originally a dialect name for the bilberry (though early evidence is lacking), from dialect huckle hip, haunch (because of the plant's jointed stems).