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inkberry
noun ink·ber·ry \ˈiŋk-ˌber-ē\
Definition of INKBERRY
1
a : a holly (Ilex glabra) of eastern North America with evergreen oblong leathery leaves and small usually black berries b : pokeweed
2
: the fruit of an inkberry
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Origin of INKBERRY
from the use of the berries for making ink
First Known Use: 1765
Rhymes with INKBERRY
baneberry, barberry, bayberry, bearberry, bilberry, blackberry, black cherry, blaeberry, blueberry, Bradbury, bunchberry, Burberry, canary, chokeberry, chokecherry, cloudberry, contrary, costmary, cowberry, cranberry, crowberry, deerberry, equerry, gooseberry, ground-cherry, hackberry, Hail Mary, Juneberry, knobkerrie, library, mulberry, nondairy, pokeberry, primary, raspberry, rosemary, scalare, shadberry, snowberry, soapberry, strawberry, summary, sweet cherry, teaberry, tilbury, tooth fairy, twinberry, unwary, vagary, wheat berry, wolfberry, youngberry
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