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Holly vs Holla - What's the difference?

holly | holla |

As a proper noun holly

is .

As an adjective holla is

loose (not tight).

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 * * holly olive * holly osmanthus * * Hollywood * sea holly

    holla

    English

    Etymology 1

    Interjection

    (en interjection)

    • Verb

    (en verb)

    • Etymology 2

    From holler

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (colloquial) To shout out or greet casually.

    • Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (colloquial) what's up; a greeting

    • Anagrams

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