blueberry vs huckleberry

blueberry

noun
  • The shrub of the above-mentioned berry. 

  • A dark blue colour. 

  • An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening. 

verb
  • To gather or forage for blueberries. 

adj
  • Of a dark blue colour. 

huckleberry

noun
  • A shrub growing this fruit. 

  • A small amount, a short distance, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon. 

  • A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia. 

  • A person of little consequence. 

  • The person one is looking for; the right person for the job. 

verb
  • To pick huckleberries. 

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