Vocabulary : Holly to Holocaust

Holly : Wholly. ;; A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species (Ilex Aguifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas. ;; The holm oak. See 1st Holm.
Hollyhock : A species of Althaea (A. rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow.
Holm : A common evergreen oak, of Europe (Quercus Ilex); -- called also ilex, and holly. ;; An islet in a river. ;; Low, flat land.
Holmia : An oxide of holmium.
Holmium : A rare element said to be contained in gadolinite.

Holmos : A name given to a vase having a rounded body ;; A closed vessel of nearly spherical form on a high stem or pedestal. ;; A drinking cup having a foot and stem.
Holo- : A combining form fr. Gr. "o`los whole.
Holoblast : an ovum composed entirely of germinal matter. See Meroblast.
Holoblastic : Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic.
Holocaust : A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations. ;; Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]

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