winterberry
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- noun
- /ˈwɪntərˌbɛri/
- US
- 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
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An evergreen holly shrub from eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries
A holly shrub that loses its leaves in autumn and has bright red berries through winter
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.