Lexic.us

Definition of Holm tree

1. Noun. Evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Holm Tree

Literary usage of Holm tree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia by James Orr (1915)
"... so named from its holly-like leaves (holten in OE= "holly"); this tr has now been adopted, but it is doubtful. HOLM-TREE, hom'trS: (2) ..."

2. Ancient Spanish Ballads: Historical and Romantic by J. G. Lockhart (1842)
"I tell this, because I intend to tear up the next oak, or holm-tree, we meet ; with the trunk whereof I hope to perform such wondrous deeds that thou wilt ..."

3. The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases in the by Jonathan Eastwood, William Aldis Wright (1884)
"In the Index to Holland's Pliny we find 'holm tree' used for 'holm oak;' as 'a Holme tree of a wonderfull age," a Holme tree of monstrous ..."

4. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1885)
"And when the one said, "Under a holm-tree" (prinos), he answered that the ... Now, in Greek, it happens that " holm-tree " and " saw asunder," and " rend ..."

5. Documents Illustrative of the History of the Church by Beresford James Kidd (1920)
"And when the one said " Under a holm-tree ... Now in Greek it happens that " holm-tree " and " saw asunder " and " rend " and ..."

6. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"As king of Hebron he is frequently referred to in Josh, x., but his name occurs in the above passage only. HOLM-TREE ... That on the holm-tree ..."

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