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Definition of Hollies
1. holly [n] - See also: holly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hollies
Literary usage of Hollies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Holly, Yew & Box: With Notes on Other Evergreens by William Dallimore, Thomas Moore (1908)
"As the majority of the hollies form evenly balanced specimens with very little
... existence for a few years, the hollies usually thrive, form fine plants, ..."
2. Holly, Yew & Box: With Notes on Other Evergreens by William Dallimore, Thomas Moore (1908)
"As the majority of the hollies form evenly balanced specimens with very little
attention to training, they are subjects that cause comparatively little ..."
3. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"Indulged in to excess, it has much the same effect as alcohol. China and Japan
have thirty different species of hollies, ..."
4. The Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil (1855)
"Among the former will be found a collection of hollies and Rhododendrons —two
important but much neglected families of plants. ..."
5. Trees that Every Child Should Know: Easy Tree Studies for All Seasons of the by Julia Ellen Rogers (1909)
"THE hollies No Christmas is Christmas truly without at least a few branches of
the evergreen holly of the South, whose leathery, spiny-pointed leaves ..."
6. Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working by Gertrude Jekyll (1904)
"... early in the century—Collecting fallen leaves—Preparing grubbing tools—Butcher's
Broom—Alexandrian Laurel—hollies and Birches—A lesson in planting. ..."
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