English Explanatory Dictionary

false holly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A flowering shrub or tree of species Osmanthus heterophyllus, in the olive family, native to East Asia.

Word forms

false holly false hollies

Etymology

From the superficial similarity of its leaves to true holly trees of the genus Ilex.

Synonyms

holly olive holly osmanthus
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