hooshum (berry)

[? < Athapascan]

B.C.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See soapberry (def. 2)

See: soapberry(def. 2)

Quotations

1955

The wild berries were plentiful: Saskatoon berries . . . and "hooshum" berries. . . .

1963

The latest weapon in the Lillooet election campaign is whipped hooshum berries.

1965

. . . the soapberry [is] sometimes called Soapallala or Hooshum.