Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small holly tree (Ilex cassine) chiefly of the southeast United States, having bright red berries and leathery, dark green leaves.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small evergreen tree, Ilex Dahoon, of the southern United States, allied to the holly, and sometimes called the dahoon holly. The wood is white and soft, but close-grained.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- An evergreen shrub or small tree (
Ilex cassine ) of the southern United States, bearing red drupes and having soft, white, close-grained wood; -- called alsodahoon holly .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Origin unknown.]
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Examples
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The leaves of the Ilex opaca, like the Ilex dahoon and Ilex cassina, are used as substitutes for green tea.
hernesheir commented on the word dahoon
(n): evergreen shrub or small holly species in the American South. Also dahoon holly.
January 9, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word dahoon
"... and where the sun poked through, thick grass sparng up knee-high and the prickly leaves of dahoon caught at him as he passed."
—Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross (NY: Bantam Dell, 2001), 1039
January 29, 2010