Ilex aquifolium
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Holly (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From Middle English holly, holi, holie, a shortened variation of holin, holyn (> English dialectal hollen, holm), from Old English holeġn, holen (“holly; prince, protector”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulis (“holly”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒli/
