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Definition of holm oak in English: holm oaknounˈhəʊm ˌəʊkˈhoʊm ˌoʊk An evergreen southern European oak, which has dark green glossy leaves. Quercus ilex, family Fagaceae Also called evergreen oak or ilex Example sentencesExamples - Every day at the festival there are performances staged beneath the shade of a giant holm oak in the courtyard garden of a 19th century palace.
- The gardens which surround the property include beech, lime and holm oak trees while in the eastern corner is an ancient churchyard.
- Interspersed with the rocky scrub and holm oaks were olive groves and water-starved vines, their leaves limp, their fruit plump.
- I'm currently sitting in Priory Park, on the banks of the city's defences in the shade of a beautiful holm oak so that I can see my laptop's screen on such a bright day.
- But the Agriculture Department has since confirmed infections in a beech, a horse chestnut and a holm oak in a Cornish garden.
Origin Late Middle English: holm, alteration of dialect hollin, from Old English holen 'holly'. Definition of holm oak in US English: holm oaknounˈhōm ˌōkˈhoʊm ˌoʊk An evergreen southern European oak, with dark green glossy leaves. Quercus ilex, family Fagaceae Also called evergreen oak or ilex Example sentencesExamples - But the Agriculture Department has since confirmed infections in a beech, a horse chestnut and a holm oak in a Cornish garden.
- I'm currently sitting in Priory Park, on the banks of the city's defences in the shade of a beautiful holm oak so that I can see my laptop's screen on such a bright day.
- The gardens which surround the property include beech, lime and holm oak trees while in the eastern corner is an ancient churchyard.
- Interspersed with the rocky scrub and holm oaks were olive groves and water-starved vines, their leaves limp, their fruit plump.
- Every day at the festival there are performances staged beneath the shade of a giant holm oak in the courtyard garden of a 19th century palace.
Origin Late Middle English: holm, alteration of dialect hollin, from Old English holen ‘holly’. |