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GALLBERRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gallberry mean?
• GALLBERRY (noun)
The noun GALLBERRY has 1 sense:
1. evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries
Familiarity information: GALLBERRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("gallberry" 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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