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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Either of two eastern North American hollies, inkberry or Ilex coriacea, having leathery leaves, small white flowers, and black berries.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The inkberry, Ilex glabra, of the southern United States.

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

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From gall (from the use of the berries to make a black dye similar to that from oak galls).]

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  • Gallbery is a key component of the pine flatwoods of the SE US. Honey produced from the gallbery bloom is sweet and fragrant with hints of complexity and richness.

    November 10, 2009