Search Result for "celtis occidentalis":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. large deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries;
[syn: American hackberry, Celtis occidentalis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hackberry \Hack"ber`ry\ (h[a^]k"b[e^]r`r[y^]), n. (Bot.) A genus of trees (Celtis) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. Celtis occidentalis is common in the Eastern United States. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Celtis occidentalis n 1: large deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries [syn: American hackberry, Celtis occidentalis]