(n)a low spreading or prostrate shrub of southwestern United States with small acorns and leaves resembling those of the huckleberry, Syn.Quercus vaccinifolia
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n. [ Cf. Whortleberry. ] (Bot.) (a) The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from Gaylussacia resinosa. (b) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry. [ 1913 Webster ]