squaw huckleberry

Noun

Synonyms: deerberry squaw huckleberry Vaccinium stamineum

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deerSynonyms: deerberry squaw huckleberry Vaccinium stamineum

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Huckleberry \Huc"kle*ber`ry\, n. [Cf. Whortleberry.] (Bot.) (a) The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from Gaylussacia resinosa. (b) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry. [1913 Webster]

Squaw huckleberry. See Deeberry. [1913 Webster]

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]