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gallbush

gallbush noun: the large gallberry plant (Ilex coriacea).

Noun

gallbush (uncountable)

  1. The 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
    • 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

Origin of gallbush

From gall + bush.

Questions about gallbush

What does gallbush mean?
Gallbush means the large gallberry plant (Ilex coriacea).
What part of speech is gallbush?
Gallbush is a noun.

Words near gallbush in the dictionary

  1. gallberries
  2. gallberry
  3. gallbladder
  4. gallbladder cancer
  5. gallbladders
  6. gallbush
  7. galldang
  8. Galle
  9. Galleanism
  10. Galleanist
  11. Galleanists

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