evergreen huckleberry

evergreen huckleberry
noun
stiff bushy evergreen shrub of western North America having sour black berries and glossy green foliage used in floral arrangements
Syn: ↑Vaccinium ovatum
Hypernyms: ↑blueberry, ↑blueberry bush

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