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   holly-leaf cherry
         n 1: California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves
               and white flowers [syn: {holly-leaved cherry}, {holly-leaf
               cherry}, {evergreen cherry}, {islay}, {Prunus ilicifolia}]

English Dictionary: holly-leaf cherry by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
holly-leaved cherry
n
  1. California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers
    Synonym(s): holly-leaved cherry, holly-leaf cherry, evergreen cherry, islay, Prunus ilicifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
holly-leaved oak
n
  1. evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood
    Synonym(s): holm oak, holm tree, holly-leaved oak, evergreen oak, Quercus ilex
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
holly-leaves barberry
n
  1. ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries
    Synonym(s): Oregon grape, Oregon holly grape, hollygrape, mountain grape, holly-leaves barberry, Mahonia aquifolium
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Holly \Hol"ly\, n. [OE holi, holin, AS. holen, holegn; akin to
      D. & G. hulst, OHG. huls hulis, W. celyn, Armor. kelen, Gael.
      cuilionn, Ir. cuileann. Cf. 1st {Holm}, {Hulver}.]
      1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus {Ilex}. The European
            species ({Ilex Aguifolium}) is best known, having glossy
            green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing
            berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas.
  
      Note: The holly is much used to adorn churches and houses, at
               Christmas time, and hence is associated with scenes of
               good will and rejoicing. It is an evergreen tree, and
               has a finegrained, heavy, white wood. Its bark is used
               as a febrifuge, and the berries are violently purgative
               and emetic. The American holly is the {Ilex opaca}, and
               is found along the coast of the United States, from
               Maine southward. --Gray.
  
      2. (Bot.) The holm oak. See 1st {Holm}.
  
      {Holly-leaved oak} (Bot.), the black scrub oak. See {Scrub
            oak}.
  
      {Holly rose} (Bot.), a West Indian shrub, with showy, yellow
            flowers ({Turnera ulmifolia}).
  
      {Sea holly} (Bot.), a species of Eryngium. See {Eryngium}.
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