holly
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- noun
- /ˈhɑli/
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- He's decking the halls with holly.
- holly shrubs
- American holly
So spruces, pine, boxwood, Hollies, use anything like that.
- So spruces, pine, boxwood, Hollies, use anything like that.
- He's thrown me in like like holly Bush, like a holly Bush.
Examples
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Deck the hall with boughs of holly .
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Before me was a glass-walled atrium where a fountain, surrounded by holly bushes, was jetting water into the air.
Fiction book (2001) -
I was looking for a vase for the holly.
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I stopped to pull aside a fallen holly limb.
Fiction book (1997) -
There's plenty of pine and holly, too, in the wood next to where the stables used to be.
Fiction book (1991) -
On the way back to the car, we stopped at a grove of holly and loaded our arms with red-berried boughs.
Fiction book (1997) -
The Pillings' newsletter was printed on red paper decorated with sprigs of holly.
Fiction book (1999) -
A thicket of hawthorn and holly bushes was a second cave.
Fiction book (2002) -
There stood the widow McDowell with a bouquet of pine boughs and holly sprigs dotted with berries.
Fiction book (2002) -
The holly tree in my garden is adorned with bright red berries in winter.
Synonyms
A group of trees and shrubs called hollies, often with spiny leaves and red berries
An evergreen shrub with spiny leaves and red berries
A tree with shiny prickly leaves and bright red berries used for Christmas decoration
An evergreen plant with spiny leaves and red berries used to decorate homes at Christmas
A shrub with smooth leaves and bright red berries in winter
A holly shrub that loses its leaves in autumn and has bright red berries through winter
An evergreen bush with small leaves and red berries that grows in the southern United States
A holly shrub with glossy leaves and red berries that grows in the southeastern United States
A tree with large shiny leaves and bright red berries often used in gardens
A small shrub with shiny leaves and bright berries
An evergreen shrub with white flowers and red berries that animals eat
An evergreen holly shrub with thick leaves and small black berries
An evergreen holly shrub from eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries
A low evergreen bush with glossy leaves and black berries that grows in the southeastern United States
A North American tree that loses its leaves in winter and has bright red berries
A dense rounded bush with spiny leaves often grown in gardens
Compounds
- Specialized
A North American fern with leathery leaves that stay green all year and pale brown flaky scales
An evergreen plant with spiny leaves and red berries used to decorate homes at Christmas
A holly shrub that loses its leaves in autumn and has bright red berries through winter
A North American tree that loses its leaves in winter and has bright red berries
- US
A low shrub that grows in salty, dry soil with blue-green prickly leaves often used for Christmas decoration
- Indian
A small bush from Africa and southern Asia with silvery branches, blue or white flowers, and red berries
A tree with shiny prickly leaves and bright red berries used for Christmas decoration
- Specialized
A tree with large shiny leaves and bright red berries often used in gardens
A low evergreen bush with glossy leaves and black berries that grows in the southeastern United States
A holly shrub with glossy leaves and red berries that grows in the southeastern United States
- Specialized
A group of shrubs and trees like holly with shiny green leaves and red berries
An evergreen shrub or small tree with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers from California
A tree that keeps leaves all year and has hard wood and spiny dark green leaves like holly
- Australian
A low evergreen shrub from southern Australia with triangular or heart-shaped leaves and orange-yellow flowers
An evergreen fern with shiny leaves like holly grown as a decorative plant
An evergreen shrub with dark green divided leaves, yellow flower clusters, and blue-black berries often grown in gardens
- Specialized
A North American plant with thick, shiny, sharp-edged leaves that grows in mountains
- US
An evergreen bush with small leaves and red berries that grows in the southern United States
How Ornamental
Surface Forms
Etymology
Holly comes from an old English word holegn that named the same evergreen plant with shiny, sharp leaves and red berries. A helpful way to remember it is that people used holly at Christmas, so it became linked with 'holy' and the winter season, which is why we still call that plant holly today.