sea hol·ly /ˈsɪˌhɑlɪ/ 名詞



 Sea hol·ly Bot. An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum). See Eryngium.

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 Hol·ly n.
 1. Bot. A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species (Ilex Aquifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas.
 Note: ☞ The holly is much used to adorn churches and houses, at Christmas time, and hence is associated with scenes of good will and rejoicing. It is an evergreen tree, and has a finegrained, heavy, white wood. Its bark is used as a febrifuge, and the berries are violently purgative and emetic. The American holly is the Ilex opaca, and is found along the coast of the United States, from Maine southward.
 2. Bot. The holm oak. See 1st Holm.
 Holly-leaved oak Bot., the black scrub oak. See Scrub oak.
 Holly rose Bot., a West Indian shrub, with showy, yellow flowers (Turnera ulmifolia).
 Sea holly Bot., a species of Eryngium. See Eryngium.

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 sea holly
      n 1: European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves
           naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly
           used as an aphrodisiac [syn: sea holm, sea eryngium,
            Eryngium maritimum]
      2: widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish
         purple-veined flowers [syn: bear's breech, {bear's
         breeches, Acanthus mollis]