american holly

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   an evergreen tree

   SynonymsChristmas holly

   Broaderpoisonous plantholly

Questions about american holly

What does american holly mean?

american holly means "an evergreen tree".

What is another word for american holly?

Close synonyms include Christmas holly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american holly a common word?

american holly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.