What is "deerberry"

Deerberry \Deer"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) A shrub of the blueberry group ( Vaccinium stamineum); also, its bitter, greenish white berry; -- called also squaw huckleberry.

n. 1 ''Gaultheria procumbens'', the (vern Eastern teaberry pedia=1) or checkerberry, or its fruit. 2 (taxlink Vaccinium stamineum species noshow=1), the (vern squaw huckleberry pedia=1), or its fruit. 3 (taxlink Maianthemum dilatatum species noshow=1), the snakeberry, or its fruit. 4 ''Mitchella repens'', the partridgeberry, or its fruit.

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]