hackberry

hack·ber·ry

noun \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

Origin of HACKBERRY

alteration of hagberry a cherry resembling the chokecherry

First Known Use: 1779

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