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Huckleberry
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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in botany, the popular name in the northeastern United States of the genus Gaylussacia, small branching shrubs resembling in habit the English bilberry (Vaccinium), to which it is closely allied, and bearing a similar fruit. The common huckleberry of the northern states is G. resinosa; while G. brachycera and G. dumosa are known respectively as box and dwarf huckleberry. The name Gaylussacia commemorates the famous French chemist Gay-Lussac.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Huckleberry'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/h/huckleberry.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Huckleberry'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/h/huckleberry.html. 1910.
