A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species (Ilex Aquifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas. [1913 Webster]
, n. (pl. -ies)
1 an evergreen shrub, Ilex aquifolium, with prickly usu. dark-green leaves, small white flowers, and red berries.
2 its branches and foliage used as decorations at Christmas.
Idiom
holly oak a holm-oak.
Etymology
OE hole(g)n
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