deerberry

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noun

Gaultheria procumbens (eastern teaberry or checkerberry), or its fruit.

Similar
squaw huckleberryVaccinium stamineum
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Meanings

noundeerberry (plural deerberries)

plural deerberries

  1. Gaultheria procumbens (eastern teaberry or checkerberry), or its fruit.
  2. Vaccinium stamineum (squaw huckleberry), or its fruit.
  3. Maianthemum dilatatum (snakeberry), or its fruit.
  4. Mitchella repens (partridgeberry), or its fruit.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsmall branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer

Similar
squaw huckleberryVaccinium stamineum
Broader
blueberryblueberry bush
Also see
squaw huckleberry

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From deer + berry.

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Translations

Estonian roheline mustikas
  • roheline mustikasVaccinium stamineum
Finnish lamosalali
  • lamosalaliGaultheria procumbens
Cite this entry
APA

deerberry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deerberry

MLA

“deerberry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deerberry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deerberry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deerberry.

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