farkleberryn.
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= sparkleberry n.
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1765 J. Bartram Diary 11 July in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. (1942) 33 14/1 Trees which naturaly [sic] grows there is..very fine long-leaved pine pitch pine yapon fartle [sic] berry chinkapin.
1829 A. Eaton Man. Bot. (ed. 5) 434 Vaccinium..arboreum..farkleberry.
1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 2) 248 Vaccinium arboreum, the Farkleberry, a tall species of this section, with evergreen leaves, probably extends northward into Virginia.
1942 L. R. Tehon Fieldbk. Native Illinois Shrubs 232 The Farkleberry ranges in dry sandy soils in open woods from Virginia to Florida and westward into Texas.
1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) IV. 2186/2 Subgenus Batodendron has only one species, V. arboreum, the Farkleberry or Sparkleberry, which forms a large bush or small tree with campanulate flowers, included anthers, and dry hard berries.
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