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noun
Gaultheria procumbens (eastern teaberry or checkerberry), or its fruit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Vaccinium stamineum (squaw huckleberry), or its fruit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Maianthemum dilatatum (snakeberry), or its fruit.
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Mitchella repens (partridgeberry), or its fruit.
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small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: squaw huckleberry, Vaccinium stamineum
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Broader terms: blueberry, blueberry bush
History
From deer + berry.
Across languages
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