false holly

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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false holly (usually uncountable, plural false hollies)

  1. Osmanthus heterophyllus, a flowering shrub or tree of the olive family native to East Asia

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