| NOUN | plant | hackberry, nettle tree | any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits |
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| food | hackberry, sugarberry | small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits |
| Sounds | hhae'kbeh.riy | |
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| Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... | |
| Meaning | Any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits. | |
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| Synonym | nettle tree | |
| Member of | Celtis, genus Celtis | large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit |
| Narrower | American hackberry, Celtis occidentalis | large deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries |
| European hackberry, Mediterranean hackberry, Celtis australis | bright green deciduous shade tree of southern Europe | |
| sugarberry, Celtis laevigata | deciduous shade tree with small black berries | |
| Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
| Spanish | almez, ramón, tala | |
| Catalan | lledoner | |
| Meaning | small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States. | |
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| Synonym | sugarberry | |
| Broader | berry | Any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits |
| Spanish | almeza, almez | |
| Catalan | lledó | |
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