gallbush

noun

gallbush

noun

Etymology From gall + bush.

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:

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It conjured up a vista of arid wastes, of thorn and gallbush, of sharp-toothed prowling fands, of blood-seeking sting-whiffles that dropped noiseless from the sky to paralyze and feed upon their victims.2018, Matthew Hughes, Fools Errant:

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