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HACKBERRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States
Synonyms:
hackberry; sugarberry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("hackberry" is a kind of...):
berry (any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits
Synonyms:
hackberry; nettle tree
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hackberry" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hackberry"):
Celtis australis; European hackberry; Mediterranean hackberry (bright green deciduous shade tree of southern Europe)
American hackberry; Celtis occidentalis (large deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries)
Celtis laevigata; sugarberry (deciduous shade tree with small black berries; southern United States; yields soft yellowish wood)
Holonyms ("hackberry" is a member of...):
Celtis; genus Celtis (large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit)