gall-berry

1. 1.

   evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries

   Synonymsinkberrygallberryevergreen winterberryIlex glabra

   Broaderholly

Questions about gall-berry

What does gall-berry mean?

gall-berry means "evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries".

How many syllables are in gall-berry?

gall-berry has 3 syllables: gall--ber-ry. The stress falls on "gall-".

What is another word for gall-berry?

Close synonyms include inkberry, gallberry, evergreen winterberry, Ilex glabra. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gall-berry a common word?

gall-berry is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.