holly

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hol·ly /ˈhɒli $ ˈhɑːli/ noun (plural hollies) [countable, uncountable]   HBPDLGa small tree with sharp dark green leaves and red berries (berry), or the leaves and berries of this tree, used as a decoration at Christmas 冬青树；〔用作圣诞节装饰的〕冬青树叶及浆果 →4  See picture of 见图 FLOWER →5 see picture at 见图 flower1

Examples from the Corpus

holly• The forests are mostly mixes of loblolly pine and sweet gum, with a holly and huckleberry understory.• A holly tree grew from the place where Scathach had lain.• And some species of lily and holly and camellia.• For holly ribbon, thinly roll out some of the burgundy icing and cut out small holly leaf shapes.• She saw Gabriel pinning holly to one of the black beams in her house.• All the same, she put a little more plastic holly in the shop-window.• For a start, try leaves of lime, poplar, sycamore, holly, dandelion and groundsel.• Don't use holly or yew, they're poisonous.Origin holly Old English holegn

hol·ly nounChineseSyllable  

sharp leaves and with a green tree dark small Corpus

Holly
Holly, Buddy
(1936–59) a US POP SINGER, guitar player, and songwriter who, with his band The Crickets, helped to make ROCK ‘N’ ROLL music popular in the 1950s. His songs include That’ll be the Day and Peggy Sue. He was killed in a plane crash.

holly
hol‧ly /ˈhɒli $ ˈhɑːli/ noun (plural hollies) [uncountable and countable]
a small tree with sharp dark green leaves and red berries (berry), or the leaves and berries of this tree, used as a decoration at Christmas

hollyBrE /ˈhɒli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhɑːli/ 🔊 noun (

plural

hollies) [uncountable, countable] a bush or small tree with hard shiny leaves with sharp points and bright red berries in winter, often used as a decoration at Christmas 冬青◆a sprig of holly冬青树枝