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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Huc·kle·ber·ry n.  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.
 Squaw huckleberry. See Deeberry.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 squaw huckleberry
      n : small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the
          eastern United States having greenish or yellowish
          unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer [syn: deerberry,
           Vaccinium stamineum]