
Define the word deerberry"Deerberry" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Deerberry \Deer"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
A shrub of the blueberry group (Vaccinium stamineum); also,
its bitter, greenish white berry; -- called also squaw huckleberry.
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"deerberry" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
deerberry
n : small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the
eastern United States having greenish or yellowish
unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer [syn: squaw huckleberry, Vaccinium stamineum]
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