The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

HOLLY

Holly (Ilex) is a genus of plants of the family Aquifoliaceae, embracing a number of evergreen trees or shrubs. The common holly is a conical evergreen tree growing to a height of ten meters in Britain. It's leaves are dark- green, shiny and leathery, abundantly armed with prickles on the lower branches but free from them on the higher branches.
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