crackleberry noun2 •(dialect, US) The high-bush huckleberry, Gaylussacia baccata, native to eastern North America, or the fruit of this shrubAll the crackleberries had spilled out on the floor. — 1945 •An imaginary shrub, or the fruit of this shrubFour tall pointane trees, each a perfect teardrop, stood surrounded by a low hedge of russet crackleberry. — 1997 formscrackleberries