† knee-hullknee-hulknee-hulvern.
Obsolete.
= knee-holm n.
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knee-hollyc1000
butcher's broom1538
petigrew1538
horse-tongue1562
knee-holm1562
knee-hull1562
ruscus1562
double-tongue1578
prickly box1578
tongue-blade1578
ground-myrtle1601
uvularia1706
Alexandrian laurel1760
punnai1794
shepherd's myrtlec1840
Jew's myrtle1856
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knee-hulver-
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball ii. 121 b Ruscus is named..in English Kneholme, or Knehull, and of other Bucher broume.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xiii. 674 In English, Kneeholme, Kneehul..and Petigree.
1864 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants Knee-holm, -hulver, or -holly, referred to the holms or hollies on account of its evergreen leaves.
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