Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The aromatic wintergreen of America, Gaultheria procumbens.
- noun The squaw-huckleberry, Vaccinium stamineum.
- noun The partridge-berry, Mitchella repens.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A shrub of the blueberry group (
Vaccinium stamineum ); also, its bitter, greenish white berry; -- called alsosquaw huckleberry .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Gaultheria procumbens, the Eastern teaberry or
checkerberry , or its fruit. - noun Vaccinium stamineum, the squaw huckleberry, or its fruit.
- noun Maianthemum dilatatum, the
snakeberry , or its fruit. - noun Mitchella repens, the
partridgeberry , or its fruit.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer
Etymologies
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deer + berry
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Examples
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In the underbrush, where the deerberry showed hectic blotches, a squirrel worked busily, completing its winter store, while in the slanting sun rays a tawny butterfly, like a wind-blown, loosened tiger lily, danced its last mad dance with death.
The Voice of the People Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909
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