hollies in English
noun
1
a widely distributed shrub, typically having prickly dark green leaves, small white flowers, and red berries. There are several deciduous species of holly but the evergreen hollies are more typical and familiar.
Both deciduous and evergreen hollies are much loved for their berries, which range in color from orange and red to yellow and black.
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1. Hollies were dying on the granite outcrop of Charnwood Forest in Leicestershire.
2. Cottony camellia scale seems most common on hollies but is also a pest of …