huckleberry

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color, of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.
2. A shrub growing this fruit.
3. A small amount, a short distance, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon.
4. (slang) A person of little consequence.
5. (US, slang) The person one is looking for; the right person for the job.

Verb

To pick huckleberries.

Concetti

mirtillo

mirtillo nero

sinonimi

bilberry

blueberry

whortleberry

cranberry

rabbit-eye blueberry

rabbiteye blueberry

mountain cranberry

swamp blueberry

proanthocyanidin

high-bush blueberry

tall bilberry

whinberry

thinleaf huckleberry

square-twig blueberry

big huckleberry

tall huckleberry

mountain huckleberry

blaeberry

cowberry

rabbiteye

Traduzioni

Heidelbeere

airelle

mirtilo

myrtille

mirtil

bosbes

arándano

العنب

Blaubeere

Schwarzbeere

bluet

καρπός φυτού γένους gaylussacia

amerikanische Heidelbeere

βακκίνιον

μυρτιλός

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈhʌkl̩ˌbɛɹi/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine inglese medio: hurtilbery

In summary

Probably an alteration of Middle English hurtilbery (“whortleberry”). American English from 1660s.