celtis laevigata

1. 1.

   deciduous shade tree with small black berries; southern United States; yields soft yellowish wood

   Synonymssugarberry

   Broaderhackberry

   Part ofCeltis

Questions about celtis laevigata

What does celtis laevigata mean?

celtis laevigata means "deciduous shade tree with small black berries; southern United States; yields soft yellowish wood".

What is another word for celtis laevigata?

Close synonyms include sugarberry. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is celtis laevigata a common word?

celtis laevigata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.