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n. - Small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; Any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits.

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  • Small, brightly-colored fruits such as hackberry and boxthorn are offered as food for birds that swallow them whole.
  • Could we digress and talk about hackberry trees for a minute?
  • The horrible hackberry tree is finally shedding some of its leaves.
  • Fringes of cottonwood, willow, and hackberry occur along some streams.
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