AMERICAN HACKBERRY

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Meaning:

Large deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries

Synonyms:

American hackberry; Celtis occidentalis

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("American hackberry" is a kind of...):

hackberry; nettle tree (any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits)

Holonyms ("American hackberry" is a member of...):

Celtis; genus Celtis (large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit)

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