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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Holm \Holm\, n. [OE., prob. from AS holen holly; as the holly
is also called holm. See {Holly}.] (Bot.)
A common evergreen oak, of Europe ({Quercus Ilex}); -- called
also {ilex}, and {holly}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Holm \Holm\, n. [AS. holm, usually meaning, sea, water; akin to
Icel. h[=o]lmr, holmr, an island, Dan. holm, Sw holme, G.
holm, and prob. to E. hill. Cf {Hill}.]
1. An islet in a river. --J. Brand.
2. Low flat land. --Wordsworth.
The soft wind blowing over meadowy holms.
--Tennyson.
{Holm thrush} (Zo["o]l.), the missel thrush.
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