English Explanatory Dictionary

black alder winterberry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A deciduous holly shrub, Ilex verticillata, native to eastern North America, growing best in moist circumstances.

Word forms

black alder winterberry black alder winterberries

Etymology

From its preference for sites similar to those preferred by black alder.

Synonyms

American winterberry brook alder Canada holly coralberry deciduous holly deciduous winterberry false alder fever bush inkberry Michigan holly possumhaw swamp holly Virginian winterberry winterberry holly
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