CHINESE HOLLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chinese holly mean? 

• CHINESE HOLLY (noun)
  The noun CHINESE HOLLY has 1 sense:

1. dense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves; widely cultivated as an ornamental

  Familiarity information: CHINESE HOLLY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHINESE HOLLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves; widely cultivated as an ornamental

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chinese holly; Ilex cornuta

Hypernyms ("Chinese holly" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Chinese holly" is a member of...):

genus Ilex; Ilex (a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies))