hackberry

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English

common hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
Prunus padus (hackberry)

Etymology

A variant of hagberry.

Noun

hackberry (countable and uncountable, plural hackberries)

  1. Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Celtis, widespread over the Northern Hemisphere, having small fruit.
  2. Fruit of these plants.
  3. (uncountable) The wood of these plants.
  4. A bird cherry, any of species Prunus padus of cherry trees, of Eurasia, or its berry.

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