noun
1. deciduous shade tree with small black berries; southern United States; yields soft yellowish wood
• Syn: ↑Celtis laevigata
• Hypernyms: ↑hackberry, ↑nettle tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Celtis, ↑genus Celtis
2. small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States
• Syn: ↑hackberry
• Hypernyms: ↑berry
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷- — see berry\ noun1. : a hackberry with sweet edible fruits: as
a. : the common eastern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
b. : a large hackberry (C. laevigata) chiefly of the lower Mississippi valley that has orange or yellow fruit
2. : juneberry
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/shoog"euhr ber'ee/, n., pl. sugarberries.
a hackberry, Celtis laevigata, of the southern U.S.
[1830-40, Amer.; SUGAR + BERRY]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.