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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Holly \Hol"ly\, adv.
   Wholly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Holly \Hol"ly\, n. [OE holi, holin, AS. holen, holegn; akin to
   D. & G. hulst, OHG. huls hulis, W. celyn, Armor. kelen, Gael.
   cuilionn, Ir. cuileann. Cf. 1st {Holm}, {Hulver}.]
   1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus {Ilex}. The European
      species ({Ilex Aguifolium}) is best known, having glossy
      green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing
      berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas.

   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.) 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}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

holly
     n 1: any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and
          shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges
     2: United States rock star (1936-1959) [syn: {Buddy Holly}, {Charles
        Hardin Holley}]