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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Gaultheria procumbens (eastern teaberry or checkerberry), or its fruit.
2. 2
   small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer wordnet
3. 3
   Vaccinium stamineum (squaw huckleberry), or its fruit.
4. 4
   Maianthemum dilatatum (snakeberry), or its fruit.
5. 5
   Mitchella repens (partridgeberry), or its fruit.

Synonyms

All synonyms

squaw huckleberryvaccinium stamineum

Etymology

From deer + berry.

Related phrases

gaultheria procumbensmitchella repens

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