deerberry

Noun
Synonyms: squaw huckleberryVaccinium stamineum

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deerSynonyms: squaw huckleberryVaccinium stamineum
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Deerberry \Deer"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) A shrub of the blueberry group (Vaccinium stamineum); also, its bitter, greenish white berry; -- called also squaw huckleberry. [1913 Webster]
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