inkberry
/ɪŋkˌbɛri/
noun
- A shrub or small tree with dark berries, also called pokeweed or sometimes used for ink.
- Birds love to eat the berries from the inkberry bush.
- The inkberry plant grows wild along the edges of the forest.
- Inkberry leaves turn a beautiful red in the fall.
- The dark purple or black berry of such a plant, historically used to make ink.
- The children stained their fingers purple from picking inkberries.
- Inkberry juice was once used as a dye for cloth.
- Early settlers crushed inkberries to make a simple writing ink.
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