ISLAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Islay mean? 

• ISLAY (noun)
  The noun ISLAY has 2 senses:

1. California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers

2. an island of western Scotland at the southern end of the Inner Hebrides

  Familiarity information: ISLAY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISLAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

evergreen cherry; holly-leaf cherry; holly-leaved cherry; islay; Prunus ilicifolia

Hypernyms ("islay" is a kind of...):

wild plum; wild plum tree (an uncultivated plum tree or shrub)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An island of western Scotland at the southern end of the Inner Hebrides

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Islay" is a part of...):

Inner Hebrides (islands between the Outer Hebrides and the western coast of Scotland)