huckleberry
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huckleberry (plural huckleberries)
- A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.
- A shrub growing this fruit.
- (idiomatic) A small amount, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon.
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While some Vaccinium species, such as Vaccinium parvifolium, the red huckleberry, are always called huckleberries, other species may be called blueberries or huckleberries depending upon local custom. Usually, the distinction between them is that blueberries have numerous tiny seeds, while huckleberries have 10 larger seeds making them more difficult to eat.
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