INKBERRY

inkberry, gallberry, gall-berry, evergreen winterberry, Ilex glabra

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

inkberry (countable and uncountable, plural inkberries)

Any of various plants that bear dark berries, or the berries themselves

Ilex glabra (winterberry, gallberry)

Ilex verticillata, American winterberry

Scaevola plumieri, a fan flower

Any plant of the genus Phytolacca, especially Phytolacca americana, the pokeweed.

Source: Wiktionary



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7 November 2024

ERASE

(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”


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