sugarberry

[ shoog-er-ber-ee ]

noun

, plural sug·ar·ber·ries.

1. a hackberry, Celtis laevigata, of the southern U.S.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sugarberry¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; sugar + berry

Example Sentences

Choose your own top: glass, quartz or marble composite, or woods like walnut, maple, spalted sugarberry and ash.

From Washington Times

From this characteristic it is sometimes called sugarberry.

From Project Gutenberg

I have known a pair of bluebirds to brave them on such poor rations as are afforded by the hardhack or sugarberry,—a drupe the size of a small pea, with a thin, sweet skin.

From Project Gutenberg

An immense sugarberry tree, beautifully proportioned, casts inviting shade directly in front of the stoop.

From Project Gutenberg