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Definition of Hagberries
1. hagberry [n] - See also: hagberry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hagberries
Literary usage of Hagberries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ornithological Biography by John James Audubon (1832)
"... are also sought for by them, as soon as the fruit becomes quite mellow, as
are hagberries. The Ivory-bill is never seen attacking the corn, ..."
2. American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. by Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine (1832)
"Persimmons are also sought for by them, as soon as the fruit becomes quite mellow,
as are hagberries. " The Ivory-bill is never seen attacking the corn, ..."
3. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott by John Gibson Lockhart (1901)
"I shall send at least double that number; also some hagberries, etc. He thinks
he is saving me money when he is starving my projects; but he is a pearl of ..."
4. A Series of Facts, Hints, Observationa and Experiments on the Different by William Billington (1825)
"There has not been any thing planted here with a view of that kind, except a few
thousand hagberries I have digged up and planted in some moist situations, ..."
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