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Definition of "winterberry" [winterberry]

  • Any of several North American shrubs of the genus Ilex, having showy red berries. (noun)
  • See black alder. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "winterberry" in a sentence
  • "I am not familiar with the term winterberry – do you know the Latin name ?"
  • "Their champs include a small 14-foot-tall winterberry tree and a big water tupelo with a trunk 39½ feet in circumference."
  • "Some appropriate shrubs are summersweet, Virginia sweetspire, southern bayberry and winterberry holly."
Words like "winterberry"
alder winterberry
American winterberry
black alder
black alder winterberry
common winterberry holly
deciduous winterberry
evergreen winterberry
holly
inkberry
Michigan holly
mountain winterberry
possumhaw
smooth winterberry holly
Virginian winterberry
white alder
winterberry holly