Stechpalme.
holly (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
Meaning & usage
holly (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
knee holly, butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus, “kleine Stechpalme”)
Where this word comes from
stechen (“to prick”) + Palme (“palm”), acquiring this name in the 16th century for being a common replacement plant for Palm Sunday, compare the history of Polish ożanka (“germander, Teucrium”), Poland being outside the range of the European holly, earlier also called Stechbaum, Stechdorn, Stechlaub, Stecheiche, Stechwinde, Stechapfel, Stacheleiche, Walddistel, Zwieseldorn, Mäusedorn, Myrtendorn, Hülse, Kle(e)se- and Klosebusch, and again after the religious function Palmdistel, Palmendorn, Christdorn.
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