Meanings
nounfarkleberry (countable and uncountable, plural farkleberries)
plural farkleberries
- uncountableA species of Vaccinium (Vaccinium arboreum) native to the southeastern United States, from southern Virginia west to southeastern Missouri, and south to Florida and eastern Texas, and taking the form of a shrub (rarely a small tree) growing to 3-5 m (rarely 9 m) tall.
Although most of the numerous species of the genus Vaccinium are shrubs of various sizes, the farkleberry (Vaccinium arboretum) deserves to be called a small tree, so it is included here.
2024, W. John Kress, foreword by Margaret D. Lowman, Smithsonian:Trees of North America, page 690 - countableA berry from a shrub of this species.
Synonyms & antonyms
Similar
nounshrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries
Similar
sparkleberryVaccinium arboreum
Broader
blueberryblueberry bush
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Hungarian fás áfonya, fás áfonya
- fás áfonyaberry
- fás áfonyaspecies
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APA
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “farkleberry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farkleberry.
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