DCHP-1 Online
hooshum (berry) [? < Athapascan] B.C. 
n. See soapberry (def. 2)
See also: soapberry (def. 2)
- 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.
- 1955 The wild berries were plentiful: Saskatoon berries . . . and "hooshum" berries. . . .