American winterberry
English
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Noun
American winterberry (uncountable)
- Ilex verticillata, a species of holly native to eastern North America in the United States and southeast Canada, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Alabama.
Synonyms
- (Ilex verticillata): black alder, black alder winterberry, brook alder, common winterberry, coralberry, deciduous holly, deciduous winterberry, false alder, fever bush, inkberry, Michigan holly, possumhaw, striped alder, swamp holly, Virginian winterberry, white alder, winterberry, winterberry holly
Translations
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Ilex verticillata
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Further reading
Ilex verticillata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ilex verticillata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Ilex verticillata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- American winterberry at USDA Plants database