holm
- noun
- UK
:
encina
- In the woods, the old holm oak stood tall, its gnarled roots stretching out across the forest floor.
- holm oak
- holm-oak canopy
Examples
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Surfaces covered with grass and shrubs always showed less erosion; surfaces covered with holm oaks showed higher runoff rates due to the hydrophobic character of the soils.
Academic text (2002) -
All of a sudden, Lucia and Jacinta, the other two children with him, kneeled down in front of a holm-oak tree.
Blog text (26) -
Areas with substantial holm-oak cover alternate with areas that lack trees (Figure 1).
Academic text (2002) -
Dust rises behind a jeep as it climbs a cart road to Buraccio and disappears beneath the holm oaks.
Fiction book (2002) -
Tree cover is representative of the slope sites covered by a canopy of holm oaks, and tree-cover sites feature a well-developed litter layer 2-4 centimeters thick.
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The garden features a stunning holm oak that provides shade during the hot summer days.
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We picnicked under the branches of a large holm oak, enjoying the cool breeze and bright sunshine.
Synonyms
An evergreen oak tree from southern Europe with leaves like holly
An evergreen tree with leaves like holly that grows in Mediterranean regions
A large evergreen oak tree with dark sharp leaves and very hard wood
A tree that keeps leaves all year and has hard wood and spiny dark green leaves like holly
A tree with hard wood that keeps its leaves all year, common in southern Europe
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Holm for the tree comes from an old northern word that meant 'holly' or 'evergreen'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a holm as an 'evergreen oak' that stays green like a holly.
