Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An evergreen holly (Ilex glabra) of eastern North America, having leathery foliage and black berries and often cultivated for hedges and borders.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An elegant shrub, Ilex glabra, found on the Atlantic coast of North America.
- noun The plant Randia aculeata, called the West Indian inkberry.
- noun The plant Mollinedia macrophylla (Kibara macrophylla of authors), called the Australian or Queensland inkberry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of various unrelated
plants that bear darkberries : Ilex glabra, Ilex verticillata, Scaevola plumieri, and those of thepokeweed genus Phytolacca, especially Phytolacca americana. - noun The
fruit of such a plant.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries
Etymologies
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Examples
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The name inkberry was given to the plant because of the strong stain of the berry juice which was sometimes used for ink.
On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls Lina Beard 1888
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It was as if, instead of clipping a photo of sophora, sea lavender, or inkberry to the side of my easel, I had clipped this very photograph.
Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008
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Among the groomed inkberry hedgerows and white picket fences of Provincetown's West End sits the rambling Cape Cod-style Red Inn. The hotel's eight rooms are traditional, with wide-plank ceilings, pine floors, and wrought-iron beds.
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There was Cherokee bean and inkberry low on the ground, but none of that jungle shit that's growing out there now.
Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008
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