HOLLY

August 3, 2020

fun with words

Holly
upside down
or right side up
is still the same
just out to lunch
discombobulated
downside-up
never vacillated
~ HCMorris ~

“After all, if curiosity killed the cat
it was satisfaction that brought him back.”
~ Holly Black

“In my artsy life
the ordinary become the extraordinary.”
~ Holly Dean

there are , apparently, 84 words for “holly” according to reversedictionary.org.
the list includes, but is not limited to…

• ilex: a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies)
• mate: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent’s king; an exact duplicate; South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
• birdlime: a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds; spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
• holm oak: evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood; hard wood of the holm oak tree
• sallywood
• mountain holly fern: known by the common names mountain hollyfern and rock sword fern; native to much of western North America and from disjunct occurrences in eastern Canada

Hearty
One hundred percent
Lovely
Legendary
Yes
nameacronym.net

Hollygreen is adressmaker in Silver Spring, MD
Dr. Holly L. Green is a family doctor in PA
Holly Green Camping grounds in Monroeville, New Jersey
holly green (color)

“But it’s customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege.”
~ Holly Golightly

“The wrong road always leads somewhere.”
~ George Bernard Shaw

“I’ve never been a millionaire
but I know I’d be darling at it.”
~ Holly Golightly
(Breakfast at Tiffany’s)

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much love