Meanings
hackberry1
plural hackberries
- countableuncountableAny of several deciduous trees of the genus Celtis, widespread over the Northern Hemisphere, having small fruit.
- countableuncountableFruit of these plants.
- uncountableThe wood of these plants.
- countableuncountableA bird cherry, any member of the species Prunus padus of cherry trees, of Eurasia, or its berry.
Synonyms: bird cherry, hagberry
Hackberry2
- A place in the United States:
- A ghost town in Gove Township, Gove County, Kansas.
- A town in Denton County, Texas.
- A locality in Lavaca County, Texas.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bird cherry, any member of the species Prunus padus of cherry trees, of Eurasia, or its berry.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits
nounsmall edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
A variant of hagberry.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَيْس, قَيْقَب
- مَيْس (mays)plant
- قَيْقَب (qayqab)plant
- نَشَم أَبْيَض (našam ʔabyaḍ)plant
Bulgarian копри́вка
- копри́вка (koprívka)plant
Catalan lledó, lledoner
- lledófruit
- lledonerwood
- lledonerplant
Chinese Mandarin 朴
- 朴 (pò)plant
Czech břestovec
- břestovecplant
Danish nældetræ
- nældetræplant
Dutch netelboom
- netelboomplant
Finnish keltiksenmarja, keltis
- keltiksenmarjafruit
- keltiswood
- keltisplant
French micocoule, micocoulier
- micocoulefruit
- micocoulierplant
German Zürgelbaum, Nesselbaum
- Zürgelbaumplant
- Nesselbaumplant
Italian bagolaro, spaccasassi
- bagolaroplant
- spaccasassiplant
Japanese 榎
- 榎 (enoki)plant
Korean 팽나무
- 팽나무 (paengnamu)plant
Lithuanian celtis
- celtisplant
Polish wiązowiec
- wiązowiecplant
Portuguese lódão
- lódãoplant
Romanian sâmbovină
- sâmbovinăplant
Russian карка́с, карка́с
- карка́с (karkás)fruit
- карка́с (karkás)wood
- карка́с (karkás)plant
Spanish almeza, latón
- almezafruit
- latónfruit
- almezplant
- ramónplant
- talaplant
Swedish hägg
- häggplant
Turkish çitlembik, çitlembik
- çitlembikfruit
- çitlembikplant
Vietnamese cơm nguội
- cơm nguộiplant
Cite this entry
hackberry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hackberry
“hackberry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hackberry. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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