[
US
/ˈhækˌbɛɹi/
]
NOUN
- any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits
- small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States
How To Use hackberry In A Sentence
- Plants such as viburnum, dogwood, maple or linden may need more water than species like honeylocust, oak or hackberry, which are better suited to Nebraska's dry, continental climate.
- Deep-rooted plants, such as hackberry, elm and green ash trees, may tap into groundwater and release more moisture into the air than is replaced by precipitation. Kansas City infoZine Headlines
- Small, brightly-colored fruits such as hackberry and boxthorn are offered as food for birds that swallow them whole. Seed dispersal of desert plants
- The overstory and understory are dominated by hackberry and privet, respectively.
- And the "enoki" in "enokitake" apparently is hackberry, "lotus tree", or otherwise known as a type of elm. Languagehat.com: PORTOBELLO.
- I looked and the trail marched off before me to the horizon, tunneled between thick stands of alder, hackberry and ash; I looked again and the trail was swallowed in a blackness so deep it chilled the soul. Shadow Walker
- He crossed his arms and leaned back against the trunk of a hackberry tree. LADY BE GOOD
- Rare plants include blue-hearts, Texas sandwort, crested coralroot, crane-fly orchid, dwarf hackberry and spotted wintergreen. Post-gazette.com - News
- Walnut trees can also grow in small groups or as scattered specimens mixed with American elm, hackberry, boxelder, sugar maple, green and white ash, basswood, red oak, and hickory.
- That was when I saw Benny Fritch, running behind a copse of barren hackberry trees. Kings of Colorado
