Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Mediterranean evergreen oak tree (Quercus ilex) having entire or toothed leaves with a dark green upper surface and fine whitish hairs on the lower surface.
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- noun An
evergreen tree ,Quercus ilex , native to theMediterranean region
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- noun evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood
- noun hard wood of the holm oak tree
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English holm, alteration of holin, holly; see holly.]
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