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Farkle (or "farkel") is the name of a family dice game, played with six dice.
Farkle is also the name of the Fark.com-specific application of the popular Google search engine.
The Farkle family was immortalized in the Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In television show (1968 - 1973). The most popular character was Flicker Farkle, the cute little girl of the clan.
Some of the appeal of the characters may have been due to their name, which sounds similar to fark, in turn a euphemism for a word banned from the airwaves by US censors.
Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) is a close relative of the bilberry ( = Vaccinium myrtillus) plant (in the blueberry family), sometimes called the "tree huckleberry," although it is not a true huckleberry ( = Vaccinium ovatum). The farkleberry is the most astringent of the herbs in its immediate family and therefore of significant medicinal value. Among the many other common names for the farkleberry are "sparkleberry," "trackleberry," "whinberry," and "whortleberry." It is native to the Southwest United States.
The word "farkle" should not be confused with the medieval word "fardle" (or "fardel") meaning "bundle."