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Definition: Holly |
HollyNoun1. Any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges. 2. United States rock star (1936-1959). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Holly" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the holly". |
Date "holly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1600. (references) |
Etymology: Holly \Hol"ly\, noun. [OE holi, holin, Anglo-Saxon holen, holegn; akin to Dutch & German hulst, Old High German huls hulis, Welsh celyn, Armor. kelen, Gaelic cuilionn, Irish cuileann. Compare to 1st Holm, Hulver.]. (references) |
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Literature | Holly used to be employed by the early Christians at Rome to decorate churches and dwellings at Christmas; it had been previously used in the great festival of the Saturnalia, which occurred at the same season of the year. The pagan Romans used to send to their friends holly-sprigs, during the Saturnalia, with wishes for their health and well-being. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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This article is about the plant type. For other uses see Holly (disambiguation)
Holly Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Aquifoliales Family: Aquifoliaceae Genus: Ilex Species
- Ilex aquifolium - English holly
- ''Ilex latifolia - Tarajo holly
- Ilex opaca - American holly
- Ilex cassine - Dahoon holly
Hollies are shrubs and trees of the genus Ilex. Many of them are highly decorative. Some have leaves with widely-spaced, spine-tipped leaves, while others have simple leaves.
Holly plants are male and female. Only the female has berries, but requires a male as a pollenizer. Also bees are required as wind pollination is negligable.
American holly
foliage and berriesSource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Holly."
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Holly is the common name for plants in the genus Ilex.Holly (sometimes Holley) is also a given name for females.
Holly is the name of the talking computer on the TV show Red Dwarf.
The name Holly has been given to a number of places in the United States of America:
"The Holly and the Ivy" is a well-known song and Christmas carol.
- Holly, Michigan
- Holly Springs, North Carolina
- Holly Springs, Georgia
- Holley, New York (alternative spelling)
- several places called Mount Holly
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Holly is a town located in Prowers County, Colorado. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,048.Geography
Holly is located at 38°3'16" North, 102°7'31" West (38.054520, -102.125398)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.9 km² (0.8 mi²). 1.9 km² (0.8 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,048 people, 369 households, and 250 families residing in the town. The population density is 539.5/km² (1,388.5/mi²). There are 449 housing units at an average density of 231.1/km² (594.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 75.10% White, 0.00% African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 23.66% from other races, and 0.76% from two or more races. 35.97% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 369 households out of which 39.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.5% are married couples living together, 8.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 32.0% are non-families. 27.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.71 and the average family size is 3.36. In the town the population is spread out with 32.0% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 103.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.2 males. The median income for a household in the town is $24,917, and the median income for a family is $31,979. Males have a median income of $23,000 versus $21,250 for females. The per capita income for the town is $14,246. 27.9% of the population and 21.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 37.5% are under the age of 18 and 20.7% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Holly, Colorado."
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Holly is a village located in Oakland County, Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 6,135.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 8.0 km² (3.1 mi²). 7.2 km² (2.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 9.45% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 6,135 people, 2,412 households, and 1,565 families residing in the village. The population density is 852.1/km² (2,204.6/mi²). There are 2,509 housing units at an average density of 348.5/km² (901.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 95.14% White, 1.29% African American, 0.44% Native American, 0.41% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.01% from other races, and 1.70% from two or more races. 3.31% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 2,412 households out of which 34.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% are married couples living together, 11.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% are non-families. 28.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 12.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.49 and the average family size is 3.10. In the village the population is spread out with 27.0% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 35.6% from 25 to 44, 17.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 33 years. For every 100 females there are 96.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 93.0 males. The median income for a household in the village is $46,436, and the median income for a family is $54,344. Males have a median income of $42,037 versus $27,078 for females. The per capita income for the village is $19,988. 7.3% of the population and 4.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 6.3% are under the age of 18 and 14.3% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Holly, Michigan."
Synonyms: HollySynonyms: Buddy Holly (n), Charles Hardin Holley (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Holly |
| English words defined with "holly": African holly ♦ Black alder, Butcher's broom ♦ common winterberry holly, Cyrtomium aculeatum ♦ deciduous holly ♦ evergreen oak, evergreen winterberry ♦ female ♦ gallberry, genus Polystichum, Geogia holly ♦ holly fern, holly-leaved oak, Holm, holm oak, holm tree, Hulver ♦ Ilex glabra, Ilex paraguariensis, Ilicic, Ilicin, Ilixanthin, Ink berry, inkberry ♦ juneberry holly ♦ largeleaf holly ♦ male, mate ♦ Paraguay tea, Polystichum, Polystichum aculeatum ♦ Sea hulver, smooth winterberry holly, Solanum giganteum ♦ Viscin ♦ Winter berry ♦ Yaupon. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "holly": bird lime ♦ Flowers and Trees ♦ Kissing under the Mistletoe ♦ maté ♦ Nails driven into Cottage Walls ♦ ORNAMENT MAKER, HAND ♦ WREATH AND GARLAND MAKER. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "holly": Ilixanthin. (references) |
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Screenplays | Oh I suppose your right, Holly. We would be better off working together (Moonraker; writing credit: Christopher Wood) Are you having a holly, jolly Christmas (How the Grinch Stole Christmas; writing credit: Jeffrey Price) You know, you're the first woman since Holly to see me do this (Die Hard: With a Vengeance; writing credit: Jonathan Hensleigh) 'The Buddy Holly Story' (Look Who's Talking; writing credit: Amy Heckerling) The beautiful Holly Waites, or your little boys (Troll 2; writing credit: Claudio Fragasso) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Holly (1972) The Holly and the Ivy (1952) Intimate Portrait: Holly Hunter (2001) Holly Body's Stocking Tease (1996) Who Killed Holly Hollywood? (1993) | |
Song Titles | Holly Holy (performing artist: Neil Diamond) | |
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 | Brazilian Pepper bushes are an ornamental from Brazil that looks like Holly. They produce red berries that birds eat. The birds carry their seeds spreading the plant throughout mangrove habitat where the Pepper bush outcompetes the mangroves. The red berries are beautiful but toxic; direct contact with them causes a poison ivy-like rash. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Mt. Holly Plantation house, built in 1840, still occupied. Near Foote, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Old plantation, antebellum. Owned by Mrs. Lee. Mount Holly Plantation, Foote. Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Bellmawr Homes, Camden, New Jersey. Holly Place. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Holly Store, business at 35 N. Pearl St., Albany, New York. Cashier's desk I. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | James R. Hunt, Jr., residence on Mount Holly Rd., Katonah, New York. Dining room. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Holly Shop, business in Cumberland, Maryland. Exterior. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Bellingham, Washington, corner Holly & Elk Streets. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Right Rev. James T. Holly, D.D., first bishop of the National Haitien Church. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Holly Near in concert ... for the people of Chile. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Holly berries2" by Jim Robinson Commentary: "Another holly bush pic." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | The brightness of the shops where holly sprigs and berries crackled in the lamp heat of the windows, made pale faces ruddy as they passed |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | There were holly and ivy round the pierglass and holly and ivy, green and red, twined round the chandeliers |
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| "Holly" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.67% of the time. "Holly" is used about 994 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 94.67% | 941 | 7,703 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.33% | 53 | 46,657 |
| Total | 100.00% | 994 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "holly" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Holly | First name Female | 117,000 | 186 |
| Holly | Last name | 3,000 | 3,709 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Holly" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the holly". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "holly". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Hollie | Female | English | The holly |
| Hollis | Male, Female | English | The holly |
| Holly | Female | English | The holly |
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| The following table summarizes names related to "Holly." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Hollie | Female | English | Holly |
| Holly | Female | English | N/A |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Holly Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Holly, CO (town, FIPS 37215) 2. Holly, MI (village, FIPS 38700) |
Expressions using "holly": african holly ♦ american holly ♦ Arthur Holly Compton ♦ Box holly ♦ Braun's holly fern ♦ buddy Holly ♦ chinese holly ♦ Christmas holly ♦ common winterberry holly ♦ dahoon holly ♦ deciduous holly ♦ desert holly ♦ Geogia holly ♦ Holly Bluff ♦ holly family ♦ holly fern ♦ holly ghost ♦ Holly Grove ♦ Holly Hill ♦ Holly oak ♦ Holly Park ♦ Holly Pond ♦ Holly Ridge ♦ Holly rose ♦ holly sacrament ♦ holly scripture ♦ Holly Springs ♦ juneberry holly ♦ knee holly ♦ largeleaf holly ♦ low gallberry holly ♦ Mount Holly ♦ Mount Holly Spri ♦ Mount Holly Springs ♦ mountain holly ♦ native holly ♦ northern holly fern ♦ Oregon holly grape ♦ sea holly ♦ smooth winterberry holly ♦ tall gallberry holly ♦ western holly fern ♦ yaupon holly. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "holly": holly-decked, holly-design, holly-eyes, Holly-jack, holly-leaf cherry, holly-leaved cherry, holly-leaved oak, holly-leaves, holly-leaves barberry, holly-like, Holly-marie, holly-oak, holly-pointed, holly-sprigged, holly-style, Holly-tallis, Holly-tree, holly-wrapped. | |
Ending with "holly": Tallis-holly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
holly valance | 1,917 | holly hobbie | 146 |
holly marie comb | 1,634 | holly dunn | 120 |
holly | 1,034 | holly carburetor | 116 |
holly jones | 892 | holly montana | 111 |
buddy holly | 701 | holly jones murder | 111 |
mount holly nj | 634 | holly bush | 111 |
holly body | 526 | lauren holly nude | 101 |
lauren holly | 514 | holly tree | 101 |
beck holly | 287 | holly nude valance | 88 |
holly hunter | 284 | halston holly | 84 |
holly sampson | 273 | holly hobby | 82 |
holly marie comb nude | 259 | holly springs nc | 82 |
heartbreak holly | 223 | beach holly louisiana | 80 |
molly holly | 204 | holly mcnarland | 78 |
holly mcguire | 194 | holly golightly | 75 |
holly cole | 165 | holly comb | 74 |
holly mi | 160 | holly hallstrom | 72 |
holly witt | 153 | heel holly | 68 |
holly hollywood | 151 | holly marie comb picture | 66 |
holly berry | 149 | holly joan hart | 65 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "holly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ashe (ilex, rhododendron). (various references) | |
Arabic | الإيلكس شجرة, البهشية نوع شجر. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | бодлива зеленика, джел (ilex). (various references) | |
Chinese | 冬青樹 , 冬青属. (various references) | |
Czech | cesmína (ilex). (various references) | |
Danish | kristtorn (European holly). (various references) | |
Dutch | hulst (European holly). (various references) | |
Esperanto | ilekso. (various references) | |
Farsi | خاص(ازجنس Ilex), درخت راج . (various references) | |
Finnish | orjanlaakeri (European holly). (various references) | |
French | houx (European holly). (various references) | |
German | stechpalme (ilex). (various references) | |
Greek | ρίνος (European holly), πρινάρι (holm oak), πρίνοσ (holm oak), λιόπρινο. (various references) | |
Hungarian | magyal, krisztustövis. (various references) | |
Irish | cuileann. (various references) | |
Italian | agrifoglio (European holly). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 疼木 (ponyfish, slipmouth), 柊 (citron, ponyfish, slipmouth). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひいらぎ (ponyfish, slipmouth). (various references) | |
Korean | 꽝꽝나무. (various references) | |
Manx | hollyn, cullyn. (various references) | |
Norwegian | kristtorn. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ollyhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | azevinho (European holly). (various references) | |
Romanian | stejar veşnic verde, ilice. (various references) | |
Russian | падуб (ilex). (various references) | |
Scottish | cuilionn. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zelenika. (various references) | |
Spanish | acebo (esca disease of grapevine, European holly). (various references) | |
Swedish | järnek (ilex). (various references) | |
Turkish | çobanpüskülü (ilex). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гостролист, падуб (ilex). (various references) | |
Welsh | celynnen. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ilex, Ilex aquifolium. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | holen. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "holly": hollyhock, hollyhocks. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "holly": wholly. (additional references) | |
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"Holly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hally, hellip, Helyg, hilley, hly, Hoall, hogly, hoily, holc, holhy, holi, holie, holl, holle, Holli, Hollie, holsy, Holye, holz, homly, honly, Hoohley, hooli, hooly, hovly, Hulli, Iholdy, ohly, Xhulali. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "holly" (pronounced hÄ"lē) |
| 3 | -Ä" l ē | bialy, Brolly, collie, Colly, jolly, Dolly, Folly, golly, lolly, Mollie, Molly, poly, trolley, volley. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-l-l-o-y" | |
-1 letter: holy. | |
-2 letters: hoy. | |
-3 letters: ho, lo, oh, oy, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-l-l-o-y" | |
+1 letter: holily, phyllo, wholly. | |
+2 letters: loathly, phyllos, tallyho. | |
+3 letters: ballyhoo, chorally, hillocky, hollowly, lyophile, owlishly, phyllode, phylloid, phyllome, tallyhos, unholily. | |
+4 letters: ayatollah, ballyhoos, blotchily, coltishly, dollishly, doltishly, epochally, foolishly, haplology, hollyhock, hopefully, hostilely, howlingly, lithology, loutishly, lyophiled, lyophilic, mesophyll, ohmically, philology, phyllodes, phyllodia, phylloids, phyllomes, scholarly, shallowly, slouchily, tallyhoed, wolfishly, yellowish. | |
+5 letters: ayatollahs, ballyhooed, cathodally, cladophyll, clownishly, ghoulishly, gothically, heliolatry, heroically, hollyhocks, hopelessly, hormonally, hyaloplasm, lyophilise, lyophilize, melancholy, mesophylls, microphyll, orphically, phlebology, phonically, photically, phyllodium, phyllotaxy, phylloxera, podophylli, polyhedral, polyphenol, slothfully, sporophyll, tallyhoing, typhlosole, youthfully. | |
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