Usually means: Evergreen shrub with red berries.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. holly: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. holly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. holly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. holly: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Holly, holly: Vocabulary.com
  6. Holly, holly: Wordnik
  7. holly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Holly, holly: Wiktionary
  9. holly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. holly: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. holly: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. holly: Dictionary.com
  13. holly: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. holly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Holly (Justin Nozuka Album), Holly (Red Dwarf), Holly (disambiguation), Holly (film), Holly (name), Holly (song), Holly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Holly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. holly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. Holly: Rhymezone
  19. Holly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. holly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. holly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. Holly: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. holly: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  24. holly: Free Dictionary

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Holly (USA): Marquetry Glossary
  2. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. holly: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. holly: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Holly, Holly: Botanical Name listing of Plants
  2. A Modern Herbal, 1931, by Mrs. M. Grieve (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Holly (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  3. Holly, Holly: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See hollies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.
noun:  The wood from this tree.
noun:  (with a qualifier) Any of several not closely related plant species likened to Ilex because of their prickly, evergreen foliage and/or round, bright-red berries
noun:  A female given name from English.
noun:  A topographic surname from Middle English.
noun:  (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
noun:  A place in the United States:
noun:  A town in Prowers County, Colorado, named after cattleman Hiram S. Holly.
noun:  A township and village therein, in Oakland County, Michigan.
noun:  A township in Murray County, Minnesota, named after settler John Z. Holly.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington, named for a large holly tree.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

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