Huckleberry vs. Marionberry — What's the Difference?

Huckleberry is a name used in North America for several plants in the family Ericaceae, in two closely related genera: Vaccinium and Gaylussacia. The huckleberry is the state fruit of Idaho.

The marionberry (Rubus L. subgenus Rubus) is a cultivar of blackberry developed by the USDA ARS breeding program in cooperation with Oregon State University. A cross between the 'Chehalem' and 'Olallie' varieties, it is the most common form of blackberry cultivated.

Any of various evergreen or deciduous shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia in the heath family, especially those found in eastern North America, bearing edible bluish-black berries containing hard seedlike nutlets.

A member of the blackberry family, a cross between the Chehalem berry and olallieberry blackberries.

Any of various erect deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Vaccinium in the heath family, primarily of western North America, having edible blackish, blue, or red berries.

The fruit of any of these plants.

A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.

A shrub growing this fruit.

A small amount, a short distance, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon.

(slang) A person of little consequence.

The person one is looking for; the right person for the job.

(intransitive) To pick huckleberries.

The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from Gaylussacia resinosa.

Any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries

Any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries

Blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States