hackberry
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- noun
- /ˈhækˌbɛri/
- US
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hackberry
- A washed and wet-combed suited youth directs me to a space beneath a hackberry tree's pale shade.
Examples
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In the fall, the leaves of the hackberry tree turn a beautiful yellow and attract attention.
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And I caught her staring at a big hackberry tree.
Fiction book (2001) -
The father is drinking alone in the hackberry shade.
Fiction book (1992) -
I walk down the steps and move among parked dusty cars and pickups to the hackberry tree and my van.
Fiction book (1996) -
Saplings of ash, American elm, and hackberry were present at all plots.
Academic text (2016) -
In addition to the oak species and silver maple, hackberry was important for five of the transient migrants and for the suite of wood warbler species.
Academic text (2016) -
During colder springs, wood warblers strongly selected hackberry. Strode (2009) observed that Yellow-rumped Warblers strongly prefer hackberry early in spring before leaf-out.
Academic text (2016) -
Many birds enjoy the sweet taste of hackberries, especially in late summer.
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The hackberry tree provides ample shade for picnics during the hot afternoons.
Synonyms
A small tree with rough leaves that makes small dark berries birds eat
A tree or shrub with small berries that birds eat
Compounds
A large tree with small purple berries often planted along streets for shade
A tree with bright green leaves often planted for shade in southern Europe
A leafy tree from southern Europe that loses its leaves in winter and gives shade
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hackberry is made of hack + berry, and hack probably comes from an old word meaning 'hedge' or 'fenced area'. So a hackberry is like a 'hedge berry' tree, which fits a hardy tree that often grows along fences and roads.