dahoon holly

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dahoon holly - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dahoon \Da*hoon"\ (d[.a]*h[=oo]n"), [Origin unknown.]
     An evergreen shrub or small tree (Ilex cassine) of the
     southern United States, bearing red drupes and having soft,
     white, close-grained wood; -- called also dahoon holly.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]