gallbush

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noun

The large gallberry plant (Ilex coriacea).

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Meanings

noungallbush (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe large gallberry plant (Ilex coriacea).

    Water stood in the ditch the color of tea; it made a dark, mysterious mirror for the gallbush and towering cane.

    1955, Fran Martin, Pirate Island, page 135
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    Byrd is mistaken in identifying the gallbush as a buckthorn; as noted above, it is actually a North American species of holly (Ilex cariacea).

    2013, Kevin Joel Berland, The Dividing Line Histories of William Byrd II of Westover, page 266

    It conjured up a vista of arid wastes, of thorn and gallbush, of sharp-toothed prowling fands, of blood-seeking sting-whiffles that dropped noiseless from the sky to paralyze and feed upon their victims.

    2018, Matthew Hughes, Fools Errant

Origin

From gall + bush.

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