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.)
Defn: 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.
HOLLYHOCK Hol"ly*hock, n. Etym: [OE. holihoc; holi holy + hoc mallow, AS. hoc; cf. W. hocys mallows, hocys bendigaid hollyhock, lit., blessed mallow. Prob. so named because brought from the Holy Land. See Holy.] (Bot.)
Defn: A species of Althæa (A. rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; — called also rose mallow.
HOLM Holm, n. Etym: [OE., prob. from AS. holen holly; as the holly is also called holm. See Holly.] (Bot.)
Defn: A common evergreen oak, of Europe (Quercus Ilex); — called also ilex, and holly.
HOLM
Holm, n. Etym: [AS. holm, usually meaning, sea, water; akin to Icel.
holmr, holmr, an island, Dan. holm, Sw. holme, G. holm, and prob. to
E. hill. Cf. Hill.]
1. An islet in a river. J. Brand.
2. Low, flat land. Wordsworth. The soft wind blowing over meadowy holms. Tennyson. Holm thrush (Zoöl.), the missel thrush.