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sea holly
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Sea holly
(gcide) | Sea holly \Sea" hol"ly\ (Bot.)
An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum). See
Eryngium.
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Sea holly
(gcide) | Holly \Hol"ly\ (h[o^]l"l[y^]), 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 Aquifolium) is best known, having glossy
green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing
berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas.
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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.
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2. (Bot.) The holm oak. See 1st Holm.
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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.
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sea holly
(wn) | sea holly
n 1: European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves
naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly
used as an aphrodisiac [syn: sea holly, sea holm, {sea
eryngium}, Eryngium maritimum]
2: widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish
purple-veined flowers [syn: bear's breech, {bear's
breeches}, sea holly, Acanthus mollis] |
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