winterberry
- noun
- /ˈwɪntərˌbɛri/
- US
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winterberry
- The winterberry is not only beautiful but also helps attract birds to the garden in winter.
- winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
- winterberry holly
- plants, such as winterberry
Examples
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The garden was vibrant in winter, thanks to the bright red berries of the winterberry shrub.
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Others are swamp rose, winterberry, sweet pepperbush, brook alder, and swamp azalea.
Academic text (1998) -
Among them are sweet pepperbush, with spikes of white flowers, and winterberry, a holly whose brilliant red berries persist even after the leaves have fallen off.
Academic text (1998) -
The Stillwater Natural Area is significant for such shrubs as arrow-wood, hardhack, meadowsweet, sheep laurel, winterberry, and withe-rod.
Academic text (2011) -
During the cold months, the winterberry provides a splash of color with its striking red berries.
Synonyms
A holly shrub that loses its leaves in autumn and has bright red berries through winter
A shrub with smooth leaves and bright red berries in winter
Compounds
A holly shrub that loses its leaves in autumn and has bright red berries through winter
An evergreen holly shrub from eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Winterberry is a simple compound of winter ('the cold season') and berry ('a small fruit'). So it literally means a fruit that stays into winter, which is why its bright red berries feed birds and add color to gardens in the cold months.
