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Definition of Holly-leaved oak
1. Noun. Evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Holly-leaved Oak
Literary usage of Holly-leaved oak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society ...: General index to the by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Hume Greenfield, Henry Walter Bates (1878)
"River runs through a gorge ; cliffs on both sides 200 feet high, with holly-leaved
oak in crevices. In the valley are plums, walnuts, barberries, ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1864)
"... had been found by Nuttall at tho Dalles above the falls of the Columbia, and
at Santa Rosa in California by other collectors. Tho holly-leaved oak (Q. ..."
3. Annual Report of the Secretary of State to the Governor and General Assembly by Ohio Secretary of State (1887)
"... Ua dwarf chestnut oak. while Ih« other («. tiwi/nUa). the holly leaved oak.
bear oak or olack ... The bear or holly leaved oak I« ..."
4. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1818)
"holly-leaved oak . . . Various parts of Greece. Quercus Suber .... Cork-tree
Various parts of Greece. Quercus (nova species ?) . Downy Oak Attica (Plain of ..."
5. The River of Golden Sand: The Narrative of a Journey Through China and by William John Gill, Henry Yule (1880)
"... I did not put much faith in the title Yang-Ko-Chai.6 There were also great
quantities of the holly-leaved oak. This is the forest of which Huc speaks in ..."
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