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Webster 1913 Edition


Hackberry

Hack′berˊry

(hăk′bĕrˊry̆)
,
Noun.
(Bot.)
A genus of trees (
Celtis
) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp.
Celtis occidentalis
is common in the Eastern United States.
Gray.