1. A small dark blue or black berry produced by a shrub of the blueberry family, native to southeastern North America.
Usage: Also called sparkleberry in some regions

Examples

• The deerberry grows wild in the pine forests of the Carolinas.
• Deer and other wildlife feed on deerberries in late summer.
• Deerberries are smaller than cultivated blueberries but equally sweet.
• The shrub that produces deerberries can tolerate sandy, acidic soil.
• Foragers sometimes collect deerberries for jam and preserves.