hackberry
IPA: hˈækbɛri
noun
- Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Celtis, widespread over the Northern Hemisphere, having small fruit.
- The fruit of these plants.
- (uncountable) The wood of these plants.
- Prunus padus, a species of cherry tree, of Eurasia, or its berry.
Examples of "hackberry" in Sentences
- The larvae feed on elm, hackberry and sumac.
- It looks quite a lot like hackberry leaf gall.
- Hackberry is highly susceptible to fire damage.
- The larvae feed on apple, hackberry, hazel and oak.
- The state park also contains ash, hackberry, and black walnut trees.
- Sugarberry mixed with hackberry supplies the lumber known as hackberry.
- Dwarf hackberry is shade intolerant, drought tolerant and slow growing.
- After the birth, the midwives hung the umbilical cord on a hackberry tree.
- Tall hackberry trees make up most of the canopy, with poison ivy on the ground.
- The refuge has forests with Oak and Hackberry which are uncommon on the prairie.