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SUGARBERRY
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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 ("sugarberry" 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:
Deciduous shade tree with small black berries; southern United States; yields soft yellowish wood
Synonyms:
Celtis laevigata; sugarberry
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sugarberry" is a kind of...):
hackberry; nettle tree (any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits)
Holonyms ("sugarberry" is a member of...):
Celtis; genus Celtis (large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit)
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