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BOX HUCKLEBERRY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does box huckleberry mean?

• BOX HUCKLEBERRY (noun)
The noun BOX HUCKLEBERRY has 1 sense:

1. creeping evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small shiny boxlike leaves and flavorless berries

Familiarity information: BOX HUCKLEBERRY used as a noun is very rare.

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• BOX HUCKLEBERRY (noun)

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Meaning:

Creeping evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small shiny boxlike leaves and flavorless berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

box huckleberry; Gaylussacia brachycera

Hypernyms ("box huckleberry" is a kind of...):

huckleberry (any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries)

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