Standard Lemma guide

hackberry

name · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈhækˌbɛ˞.ɹi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 K B EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A place in the United States:

A census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 2

A place in the United States:

A census-designated place in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

A place in the United States:

A ghost town in Gove Township, Gove County, Kansas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

name

Meaning 4

A place in the United States:

A town in Denton County, Texas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

name

Meaning 5

A place in the United States:

A locality in Lavaca County, Texas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

noun

Meaning 6

Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Celtis, widespread over the Northern Hemisphere, having small fruit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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7

noun

Meaning 7

Fruit of these plants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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8

noun

Meaning 8

The wood of these plants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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9

noun

Meaning 9

A bird cherry, any of species Prunus padus of cherry trees, of Eurasia, or its berry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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10

noun

Meaning 10

small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sugarberry

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: berry

11

noun

Meaning 11

any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nettle tree

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tree

Narrower terms: European hackberry, Mediterranean hackberry, Celtis australis, American hackberry, Celtis occidentalis, sugarberry, Celtis laevigata

History

Etymology

A variant of hagberry.

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: carac — plant
  • Albanian: çerçem — plant
  • Albanian: kalibobë — plant
  • Albanian: vidhëz — plant
  • Albanian: hizë — plant
  • Albanian: fojletë — plant
  • Albanian: bobole — plant
  • Albanian: çuçum — plant
  • Albanian: karatane — plant
  • Albanian: millokoqe — plant
  • Albanian: kolloprifte — plant
  • Arabic: مَيْس (mays) — plant
  • Arabic: قَيْقَب (qayqab) — plant
  • Arabic: نَشَم أَبْيَض (našam ʔabyaḍ) — plant
  • Aramaic: ܡܰܝܫܳܐ (mayšā) — plant
  • Aramaic: מַיְשָׁא (mayšā) — plant
  • Armenian: բռնչի (bṙnčʻi) — plant
  • Azerbaijani: dağdağan — plant
  • Bulgarian: копри́вка (koprívka) — plant
  • Catalan: lledoner — plant
  • Cheyenne: kó'koemenó'e — plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 朴 (pò) — plant
  • Czech: břestovec — plant
  • Danish: nældetræ — plant
  • Dutch: netelboom — plant
  • Finnish: keltis — plant
  • French: micocoulier — plant
  • Galician: lodoeiro — plant
  • Galician: virgondoiro — plant
  • Georgian: აკაკი (aḳaḳi) — plant
  • German: Zürgelbaum — plant
  • German: Nesselbaum — plant
  • Italian: bagolaro — plant
  • Italian: spaccasassi — plant
  • Japanese: 榎 (enoki) — plant
  • Korean: 팽나무 (paengnamu) — plant
  • Northern Kurdish: tehwî — plant
  • Northern Kurdish: tawî — plant
  • Lithuanian: celtis — plant
  • Macedonian: копривка (koprivka) — plant
  • Navajo: jiłhazhí — plant
  • Pashto: توغ (tuǧ) — plant
  • Polish: wiązowiec — plant
  • Portuguese: lódão — plant
  • Romanian: sâmbovină — plant
  • Russian: карка́с (karkás) — plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̀привић — plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̀шћела — plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: kòprivić — plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: kòšćela — plant
  • Sicilian: cuccumeli — plant
  • Sicilian: millicuccu — plant
  • Slovene: koprivovec — plant
  • Slovene: koprivič — plant
  • Spanish: almez — plant
  • Spanish: ramón — plant
  • Spanish: tala — plant
  • Swedish: hägg — plant
  • Turkish: çitlembik — plant
  • Unami: kaxkamunimënshi — plant
  • Vietnamese: cơm nguội — plant
  • Yami: ahateng — plant
  • Armenian: բռինչ (bṙinčʻ) — fruit
  • Catalan: lledó — fruit
  • Finnish: keltiksenmarja — fruit
  • French: micocoule — fruit
  • Galician: gruño — fruit
  • Navajo: jiłhazhí — fruit
  • Occitan: micocola — fruit
  • Russian: карка́с (karkás) — fruit
  • Sicilian: cuccumeli — fruit
  • Sicilian: millicuccu — fruit
  • Spanish: almeza — fruit
  • Spanish: latón — fruit
  • Turkish: çitlembik — fruit
  • Unami: kaxkamun — fruit
  • Catalan: lledoner — wood
  • Finnish: keltis — wood
  • Russian: карка́с (karkás) — wood