As proper nouns the difference between holly and gary
is that holly is {{given name|female|from=English}} while Gary is {{surname|patronymic|from=Middle English}.
As a noun holly
is any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.
holly
English
Noun
(hollies)
Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex , either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.
The wood from this tree.
(with a qualifier) Any of several unrelated plant species likened to Ilex because of their prickly, evergreen foliage and/or round, bright-red berries
Derived terms
* false holly
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* holly olive
* holly osmanthus
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* Hollywood
* sea holly
gary
English
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
A town in Indiana, and other US places named for persons with the surname Gary.
A city in South Dakota
, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Quotations
* 1957 Meredith Willson: The Music Man : Gary, Indiana ( a song) :
*: Gary , Indiana!
*: What a wonderful name!
*: Named for Elbert Gary of judiciary fame.
*: Gary , Indiana, as Shakespeare would say,
*: Trips along softly on the tongue this way
* 1964 Anne Tyler: If Morning Ever Comes . Severn House 1983. page 52:
*: "Gary' s an awful name. Whatever he's like. It reminds me of a G.I. man with a crew cut, and 'Mom' tattooed on his chest, and lots of pin-up pictures on his wall."
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