First Known Use: 1779
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hackberry
noun hack·ber·ry \ˈhak-ˌber-ē\
Definition of HACKBERRY
: any of a genus (Celtis) of trees and shrubs of the elm family with small often edible berries; also : its wood
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Origin of HACKBERRY
alteration of hagberry a cherry resembling the chokecherry
Rhymes with HACKBERRY
baneberry, barberry, bayberry, bearberry, bilberry, blackberry, black cherry, blaeberry, blueberry, Bradbury, bunchberry, Burberry, canary, chokeberry, chokecherry, cloudberry, contrary, costmary, cowberry, cranberry, crowberry, deerberry, equerry, gooseberry, ground-cherry, Hail Mary, inkberry, Juneberry, knobkerrie, library, mulberry, nondairy, pokeberry, primary, raspberry, rosemary, scalare, shadberry, snowberry, soapberry, strawberry, summary, sweet cherry, teaberry, tilbury, tooth fairy, twinberry, unwary, vagary, wheat berry, wolfberry, youngberry
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