squaw huckleberry

3 definitions found

squaw huckleberry - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

  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]

squaw huckleberry - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  squaw huckleberry
      n 1: 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]