Holly vs Cancer - What's the difference?
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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
(medicine, oncology, disease) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
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