: any of a genus (Celtis) of trees and shrubs of the elm family with small often edible berries
also: its wood
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe tree canopy at Minshall Alar Preserve includes hackberry, red maple and basswood, among many others. Peter Krouse, cleveland, 27 May 2022 Prune down hackberry, Chinaberry, mulberry and other unwanted seedlings. Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Oct. 2021 Among the different varieties going into the aforementioned area are sugar maple, Ohio buckeye, autumn fire hornbeam, musclewood or American hornbeam, northern catalpa, common hackberry, redbud and American hazelnut. John Benson, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2021 These white fluffy bugs are called Asian woolly hackberry aphids and typically appear in the Upper South region of the United States and in much of Asia. Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping, 21 Sep. 2021 Down in the cool woods of the reserve, Oien opened a box chained to the base of a hackberry tree, and switched on the caller. Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 17 June 2021 This product finishes the job on controlling unwanted seedlings, such as hackberry and mulberry, that have sprouted on your fence line or in the rose bed. Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 7 May 2021 For controlling hackberry and other undesirable seedlings, use Cut Vine and Stump Killer to eliminate the unwanted suckers. Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Feb. 2021 Take the opportunity to prune off the stems of hackberry, mulberry and other unwanted seedlings in your shrub beds and fence lines. Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 3 Dec. 2020 See More
Word History
Etymology
alteration of hagberry a cherry resembling the chokecherry