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单词 holm oak
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holm oakn.

Brit. /ˈhəʊm əʊk/, U.S. /ˈhoʊm ˌoʊk/
Etymology: < holm n.2 + oak n.
The evergreen oak ( Quercus Ilex), a native of Italy and other Mediterranean countries; so called from the resemblance of its dark evergreen foliage to that of the holly.
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1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1159 This Ilex..might be called Holme Oke, Huluer Oke, or Holly Oke, for difference from the shrub or hedge tree Agrifolium, which is simply called Holme, Holly, and Huluer.
1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 47 The Cerrus, being the tree whiche we comonly call the ‘holme oke’ (as Cooper also expoundeth the Ilex to be that whiche wee call holme).
1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 8/1 Ægeus gave a scarlet sail dyed with the juice of the flower of a very flourishing holm-oak.
1837 H. W. Longfellow Frithiof's Homestead 19 A table of holm-oak, Polished and white, as of steel.
attributive.1830 J. W. Warter tr. Aristophanes Acharnians 29 The sparks..leap aloft from the holm-oak embers.
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