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HUCKLEBERRY , in botany, the popular name in theSee also: north-eastern See also: United States of the genus Gaylussacia, small branching shrubs resembling in habit the See also: English See also: bilberry (Vaccinium), to which it is closely allied, and bearing a similar fruit
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The See also: common huckleberry of the See also: northern states is G. resinosa; while G. brachycera and G. dumosa are known respectively as box and dwarf huckleberry
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The name Gaylussacia commemorates the famous French chemist Gay-Lussac
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