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holly
1[ hol-ee ]
noun
- any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Ilex, as I. opaca American holly, the state tree of Delaware, or I. aquifolium English holly, having glossy, spiny-toothed leaves, small, whitish flowers, and red berries.
- the foliage and berries, used for decoration, especially during the Christmas season.
Holly
2[ hol-ee ]
noun
- Buddy Charles Hardin Holley, 1936–59, U.S. rock and roll singer and guitarist.
- a female or male given name.
Holly
1/ ˈhɒlɪ /
noun
- HollyBuddy19361959MUSMUSIC: rock singerMUSIC: guitaristMUSIC: songwriter Buddy. real name Charles Harden Holley. 1936–59, US rock-and-roll singer, guitarist, and songwriter. His hits (all 1956–59) include "That'll be the Day", "Maybe Baby", "Peggy Sue", "Oh, Boy", "Think It Over", and "It Doesn't Matter Anymore"
holly
2/ ˈhɒlɪ /
noun
- any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex, such as the Eurasian I. aquifolium, having bright red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges
- branches of any of these trees, used for Christmas decorations
- holly oakanother name for holm oak
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Example Sentences
Deck your halls instead with boughs of holly, shouting “Merry Christmas” (or “Happy Hanukkah”) well into the night.
From the religious (‘The Holly and the Ivy’) to the secular (‘The Chipmunk Song’), my top 20.
Something tells me Holly Golightly would have thoroughly approved.
One day they were trying things out and started playing old Buddy Holly songs.
So the Beatles had recorded that Buddy Holly song many times?
As they brush the holly-leaves, in passing, the very sprays that touch the dresses of the scared girls are stirring.
It appeared that the fact of her having been the landlady of the Holly Sprig made no difference in his case.
In the twining of English holly and Western pine upon the great English novelist's grave the poet expresses a happy thought.
Jacques Bastien threw his holly stick in a corner, kept on his blouse, and followed his wife and the bailiff to the dining-room.
Its wild thyme will remain only in patches on its Trwyn, and its sandhills will be glaucous with the blue sea-holly no more.
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