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AMERICAN HACKBERRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries
Synonyms:
American hackberry; Celtis occidentalis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("American hackberry" is a kind of...):
hackberry; nettle tree (any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits)
Holonyms ("American hackberry" is a member of...):
Celtis; genus Celtis (large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit)