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