Examples of “hackberry” in a Sentence

noun A deciduous tree of the genus Celtis, found across the Northern Hemisphere, that bears small fruit.

• A hackberry grew beside the old barn.
• The park planted a hackberry for shade along the path.
• Birds gathered in the hackberry to eat the small fruit.

noun The small fruit of a hackberry tree.

• Each hackberry was small and dark.
• The birds left a few hackberries on the branch.
• She picked a hackberry and tasted it.