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noun. Any of numerous evergreen or deciduous trees or shrubs of the genus Ilex, especially several species having bright red berries and glossy evergreen leaves with spiny margins.

noun. Branches of these plants, traditionally used for Christmas decoration.

noun. Any of various similar or related plants.

noun. In Tasmania, a shrub of the madder family, Coprosma hirtella. See coffee-berry, 2.

noun. A plant of the genus Ilex, natural order Ilicineæ.

noun. The holm-oak, Quercus Ilex, an evergreen oak. Often called holly-oak.

An obsolete spelling of wholly.

adverb. Wholly.

noun. A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species (Ilex Aquifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas.

noun. The holm oak. See 1st Holm.

noun. the black scrub oak. See Scrub oak.

noun. a West Indian shrub, with showy, yellow flowers (Turnera ulmifolia).

noun. a species of Eryngium. See Eryngium.

noun. Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.

noun. The wood from this tree.

noun. Any of several unrelated plant species likened to Ilex because of their prickly, evergreen foliage and/or round, bright-red berries

noun. any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges

noun. United States rock star (1936-1959)

"Now that the holly is finally decked out, many of you will doubtless be hustling to your favourite bookstores to pick up the latest books of the year."

cape holly  ground-holly  knee-holly  native holly  new zealand holly  

Hollywood  sea holly  

ballad maker  rock star  songster  songwriter  

Ali  Bali  Bengali  Cali  Dali  

blackthorn  boxwood  brier  chaparral  greenwood  

Christmas  hollen  hollin  toyon  wholly  

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