cranberry vs huckleberry

cranberry

noun
  • The edible red berry of that shrub. 

  • A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium. 

  • An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry 

adj
  • Of the intense red colour of a cranberry. 

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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