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Definition of Huckleberries
1. huckleberry [n] - See also: huckleberry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Huckleberries
Literary usage of Huckleberries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bush-fruits: A Horticultural Monograph of Raspberries, Blackberries by Fred Wallace Card (1898)
"Hence it happens that the huckleberries, though s: the finest of fruits, and
among the most important in the state, are almost unknown in cultivation. ..."
2. Bush-fruits: A Horticultural Monograph of Raspberries, Blackberries by Fred Wallace Card (1898)
"Hence it happens that the huckleberries, though among the finest of fruits, and
among the most important in the wild state, are almost unknown in ..."
3. A Year Among the Trees: Or, The Woods and By-ways of New England by Wilson Flagg (1881)
"WHORTLEBERRIES AND huckleberries. We may vulgarize a word by associating it with
the market. ... They are now huckleberries, Shelley has defined poetry ..."
4. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1890)
"huckleberries AND BLUEBERRIES — GAYLUSSACIA AND VACCINIUM SP. ... names that I
have heard applied to this class of fruits have been huckleberries for ..."
5. Desserts and Salads by Gesine Lemcke (1896)
"Stewed huckleberries.—Pick over 1 quart huckleberries, put them in a colander
and rinse with cold water; put a saucepan with % cup sugar and % cup water ..."
6. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"... brought me a quantity of red huckleberries yesterday. The less ripe are whitish.
I suspect that these are the white huckleberries. Sundown. ..."
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