gallbush

English

Etymology

gall +‎ bush

Noun

gallbush (uncountable)

  1. The large gallberry plant (Ilex coriacea).
    • 1955, Fran Martin, Pirate Island, page 135:
      Water stood in the ditch the color of tea; it made a dark, mysterious mirror for the gallbush and towering cane.
    • 2013, Kevin Joel Berland, The Dividing Line Histories of William Byrd II of Westover, page 266:
      Byrd is mistaken in identifying the gallbush as a buckthorn; as noted above, it is actually a North American species of holly (Ilex cariacea).
    • 2018, Matthew Hughes, Fools Errant:
      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.
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