DEERBERRY
deerberry, squaw huckleberry, Vaccinium stamineum
(noun) small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
deerberry (plural deerberries)
Gaultheria procumbens, the Eastern teaberry or checkerberry, or its fruit.
Vaccinium stamineum, the squaw huckleberry, or its fruit.
Maianthemum dilatatum, the snakeberry, or its fruit.
Mitchella repens, the partridgeberry, or its fruit.
Source: Wiktionary
Deer"ber`ry, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A shrub of the blueberry group (Vaccinium stamineum); also, its bitter, greenish white berry; -- called also squaw huckleberry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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