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GALL-BERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gall-berry mean? 

GALL-BERRY (noun)
  The noun GALL-BERRY has 1 sense:

1. evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berriesplay

  Familiarity information: GALL-BERRY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GALL-BERRY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

evergreen winterberry; gall-berry; gallberry; Ilex glabra; inkberry

Hypernyms ("gall-berry" is a kind of...):

holly (any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges)


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