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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of various plants that bear dark berries, or the berries themselves:; Ilex glabra (winterberry, gallberry) countable, uncountable
2. 2
   evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries wordnet
3. 3
   Any of various plants that bear dark berries, or the berries themselves:; Ilex verticillata, American winterberry countable, uncountable
4. 4
   Any of various plants that bear dark berries, or the berries themselves:; Scaevola plumieri, a fan flower countable, uncountable
5. 5
   Any of various plants that bear dark berries, or the berries themselves:; Any plant of the genus Phytolacca, especially Phytolacca americana, the pokeweed. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

american winterberryblack alder winterberrycoralberryevergreen winterberrygall berrygall-berry

Etymology

From ink + berry.

Related phrases

inkberry hollyamerican winterberryilex verticillataphytolacca americana

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