| NOUN | plant | sugarberry, Celtis laevigata | deciduous shade tree with small black berries |
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| food | sugarberry, hackberry | small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits |
| Meaning | deciduous shade tree with small black berries; southern United States; yields soft yellowish wood. | |
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| Synonym | Celtis laevigata | |
| Member of | Celtis, genus Celtis | large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit |
| Broader | hackberry, nettle tree | Any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits |
| Meaning | small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States. | |
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| Synonym | hackberry | |
| Broader | berry | Any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits |
| Spanish | almeza, almez | |
| Catalan | lledó | |
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