holm noun¹. [hǝʊm] Also holme. OE.
[Old Norse holmr islet in a bay, lake, or river, meadow on the shore, corresp. to Old Saxon holm hill.]
1. An islet, esp. in a river or near the mainland. OE.

2. A flat low-lying piece of ground by a river, submerged in time of flood. ME.

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holm noun². [hǝʊm] ME.
[Alt. of HOLLIN.]
1. The holly. obsolete exc. dial. ME.

2. Now usu. more fully holm-oak. A kind of oak, Quercus ilex, common in Mediterranean countries, with dark evergreen sometimes spiny-toothed leaves. Also called evergreen oak, ilex. LME.

Comb.:
holm-oak: see sense 2 above; holm tree (a) (obsolete exc. dial.) the holly; (b) (now rare) the holm-oak.

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