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deerberry

noun

Etymology

From deer + berry.

  1. derived from *bʰerH-✻ — “to rip, cut, split, grate”
  2. inherited from *barjaną✻ — “to beat, hit”
  3. inherited from *barjan✻
  4. inherited from *berian✻
  5. inherited from beryen
  6. compounded as deerberry — “deer + berry”

Definitions

  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. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Mitchella repens (partridgeberry), or its fruit.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA