'Squaw huckleberry' definitions:
Definition of 'squaw huckleberry'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer [syn: deerberry, squaw huckleberry, Vaccinium stamineum]
Definition of 'Squaw huckleberry'
From: GCIDE
- Huckleberry \Huc"kle*ber`ry\, n. [Cf. Whortleberry.] (Bot.) (a) The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from Gaylussacia resinosa. (b) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry. [1913 Webster]
- Squaw huckleberry. See Deeberry. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'squaw huckleberry'
From: GCIDE
- Deerberry \Deer"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) A shrub of the blueberry group (Vaccinium stamineum); also, its bitter, greenish white berry; -- called also {squaw huckleberry}. [1913 Webster]