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crackleberries

crackleberries is the plural of crackleberry.

Meaning of crackleberry

Noun

crackleberry (plural crackleberries)

  1. (US, dialectal) The high-bush huckleberry, Gaylussacia baccata, native to eastern North America, or the fruit of this shrub
    • All the crackleberries had spilled out on the floor.1945, John Moore, Indian Paul
  2. An imaginary shrub, or the fruit of this shrub
    • Four tall pointane trees, each a perfect teardrop, stood surrounded by a low hedge of russet crackleberry.1997, Jack Vance, The Demon Princes: The Face, page 86

Questions about crackleberries

What is crackleberries the plural of?
Crackleberries is the plural of crackleberry.

Words near crackleberries in the dictionary

  1. cracking wise
  2. crackings
  3. crackjaw
  4. crackle
  5. crackle glass
  6. crackleberries
  7. crackleberry
  8. crackled
  9. crackler
  10. cracklers
  11. crackles

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