gallbush

English

Etymology

From 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.