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- noun Plural form of
holly .
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Examples
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The hollies are a highlight here in the winter with the mix of gold and red.
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And it has been a fantastic year for fruits, with hawthorns, hollies and blackthorn producing terrific crops of berries.
Plantwatch: Autumn arrives with brilliant colour and a bumper crop of berries 2011
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This archery season i hunted an area that was heavily rubbed and scraped with numerous 6-8 inch trees (cedars and hollies) shreaded.
Can you tell how big a buck is by a rub? Ex: An 8 inch diameter tree rub, means a certain size buck. 2009
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I wandered Edge Wood, revisiting venerable hollies that had been planted by foresters centuries ago to nurse oaks and beech trees, and ancient holly clumps where the deer gave birth and found winter shelter.
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The oak had been laid in the hedge, as were surrounding field maples and hollies over a century ago, and the trees had outgrown their hedgerow shape to become the boundary between a wood and a field.
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This archery season i hunted an area that was heavily rubbed and scraped with numerous 6-8 inch trees (cedars and hollies) shreaded.
Can you tell how big a buck is by a rub? Ex: An 8 inch diameter tree rub, means a certain size buck. 2009
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"We were looking to create a very informal garden to complement the house," says Ms. Tankard, who was drawn to classic hydrangeas, hollies and roses.
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Unbroken barriers work best to reduce noise, but to acquire some semblance of year-round noise reduction from plants, use mixes of evergreens, including arborvitaes, spruces, pines and hollies.
Green Scene: Ways to dampen traffic noise on your property 2010
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Unbroken barriers work best to reduce noise, but to acquire some semblance of year-round noise reduction from plants, use mixes of evergreens, including arborvitaes, spruces, pines and hollies.
Green Scene: Ways to dampen traffic noise on your property 2010
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The hollies and the yews that were supposed to be in the ground in February were still frozen in at the nursery in Scotland, and we didn't take delivery until the end of March.
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