- Evergreen shrub - Prickly-leafed plant - 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.
- Evergreen shrub - Evergreen tree - A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis.
The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high.
Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or
lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy
flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients
considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are
used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully
mottled wood is used in turning.
- Evergreen shrub - Most elite kind of Christmas decoration? - Parasitic plant - Parasitic plant, seen at Christmas - A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe (Viscum album),
bearing a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it is rare,
it was an object of superstitious regard among the Druids. A bird lime
is prepared from its fruit.
- An evergreen flowering shrub - Evergreen poisonous shrub - Ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub - Poisonous evergreen shrub - A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, having
clusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of the East
Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe.
Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose.
- An evergreen flowering shrub - Flowering shrub - Japonica or sasanqua - Rose-like flower - showy flowering shrub - An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining
leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for
ornament, and C. Sassanqua and C. oleifera are grown in China for the
oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to
this genus under the name of Camellia Thea.
- An evergreen flowering shrub - Aromatic shrub - Aromatic spice - Flavouring herb - Flower of remembrance - Herb - A labiate shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) with narrow
grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of France, Spain,
and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a fragrant smell,
and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in cookery, perfumery,
etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or constancy.