inkberry

Plural: inkberries

Noun

• A small North American shrub with black berries.
• evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries
• Any of various plants that bear dark berries, or the berries themselves:
• Ilex glabra (winterberry, gallberry)
• Any of various plants that bear dark berries, or the berries themselves:
• Ilex verticillata, American winterberry
• Any of various plants that bear dark berries, or the berries themselves:
• Scaevola plumieri, a fan flower
• Any of various plants that bear dark berries, or the berries themselves:
• Any plant of the genus Phytolacca, especially Phytolacca americana, the pokeweed.

Examples

• He was surprised to learn INKBERRY was a valid Scrabble word, despite its length.

Synonyms

evergreen winterberry, gall-berry, gallberry, Ilex glabra