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squawberry
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
a kind of blueberry, Vaccinium stamineum.
Quotations
1852
At present we have plenty of . . . squawberries . . . and birdcherries.
1852
The partridge leads her young brood forth to feed upon the soft luscious fruits of the huckleberry and squaw-berry.
2n.
a trailing shrub, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, found on bare, gravelly soils throughout Canada; kinnikinnik (def. 2).
Quotations
1872
The sasketoon are simply what are known in Nova Scotia as Indian pears, and the kinni-kinnick creeper is our squaw-berry plant.
1947
When he [a snowshoe hare] curled up for a good night of rest, looking out through the leafless boughs of his squawberry, he saw the moon very white on the surface of the water. . . .
1957
Dried elderberry, or squawberry or wild currant he did not care for. . . .
3n.
See: partridgeberry
Quotations
1912
After the squaw [has] been named [the] Squawberry (the partridge berry). . . .