farkleberryとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

farkleberry (countable and uncountable, plural farkleberries)

1. (uncountable) A 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.
   • 2024, W. John Kress, foreword by Margaret D. Lowman, Smithsonian:Trees of North America, page 690:

     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.

2. (countable) A berry from a shrub of this species.

同意語

• sparkleberry