Skip to main content

sugarberry

/shoog-er-ber-ee/US // ˈʃʊg ərˌbɛr i //

糖果,糖浆,糖果园,糖果树

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural sug·ar·ber·ries.

    • : a hackberry, Celtis laevigata, of the southern U.S.

Examples

  • It is in autumn, of course, that the hackberry earns its name, sugarberry.

  • Botanists formerly confused the two, and probably some insist still that sugarberry is only a variety of hackberry.

  • An immense sugarberry tree, beautifully proportioned, casts inviting shade directly in front of the stoop.