Garden Huckleberry (Noun)
Meaning
Improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Garden huckleberry was planted as an alternative to poisonous plants like Deadly Nightshade that have toxic berries that look similar to its own.
- People cultivated the garden huckleberry so it now has small edible orange or black berries as an improvement over the original form.
- The small edible orange or black berries of the garden huckleberry make a sweet-tart jam or jelly.
- Fresh or frozen garden huckleberries work well in salads and pies.
- While often confused with the wild plant called Huckleberry which is a different plant the garden huckleberry is grown as a edible berry crop.