crackleberry

plural crackleberries

1. USdialectalThe high-bush huckleberry, Gaylussacia baccata, native to eastern North America, or the fruit of this shrub

   All the crackleberries had spilled out on the floor.

   1945, John Moore, Indian Paul

2. fantasyAn imaginary shrub, or the fruit of this shrub

   Four tall pointane trees, each a perfect teardrop, stood surrounded by a low hedge of russet crackleberry.

   1997, Jack Vance, The Demon Princes: The Face, page 86

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   Either the sorcerer's magic, or the filthy moat, or the crackleberries — or all three — had turned his guts to slush and wrung out his bowels.

   2005, Charles Coleman Finlay, The Prodigal Troll, page 25