hackberry
US/ˈhækˌbɛ˞.ɹi/
hackberry noun: any of several deciduous trees of the genus Celtis, widespread over the Northern Hemisphere, having small fruit.
Noun
hackberry (countable and uncountable, plural hackberries)
- Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Celtis, widespread over the Northern Hemisphere, having small fruit.
- Fruit of these plants.
- The wood of these plants.
- A bird cherry, any member of the species Prunus padus of cherry trees, of Eurasia, or its berry.
- Synonyms:
- bird cherry, hagberry
Proper noun capitalized: Hackberry
Hackberry
- A census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona.
- A census-designated place in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
- A ghost town in Gove Township, Gove County, Kansas.
- A town in Denton County, Texas.
- A locality in Lavaca County, Texas.
hackberry meaning in Pashto, Arabic and Vietnamese
hackberry in Pashto
- plant
- توغ tuǧ
hackberry in Arabic
- plant
- مَيْس mays, قَيْقَب qayqab, نَشَم أَبْيَض našam ʔabyaḍ
hackberry in Vietnamese
- plant
- cơm nguội
Synonyms of hackberry
Forms of hackberry
| plural | hackberries |
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Origin of hackberry
A variant of hagberry.
Words formed from hackberry
- African hackberry
- Bunge's Hackberry
- Caucasian hackberry
- common hackberry
- Chinese hackberry
- desert hackberry
- dwarf hackberry
- European hackberry
- Hubei hackberry
- iguana hackberry
- Japanese hackberry
- Korean hackberry
- Lindheimer's hackberry (Celtis lindheimeri
- Mediterranean hackberry
- netleaf hackberry
- northern hackberry
- oriental hackberry
- shiny hackberry
- southern hackberry
- southern sugar hackberry
- spiny hackberry
- sugar hackberry
Questions about hackberry
- What does hackberry mean?
- Hackberry means any of several deciduous trees of the genus Celtis, widespread over the Northern Hemisphere, having small fruit.
- What is hackberry in Pashto?
- Hackberry in Pashto is توغ (tuǧ). See Hackberry meaning in Pashto.
- What part of speech is hackberry?
- Hackberry can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hackberry?
- Hackberry is pronounced /ˈhækˌbɛ˞.ɹi/ (US).
- What is the plural of hackberry?
- The plural of hackberry is hackberries.
Words near hackberry in the dictionary
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