| 词汇 | holly |
| 词源 | holly. The Romans used holly as a decoration in their wild festival of Saturnalia before the early Christians in Rome adopted it for Christmas. Related to the word holy, holly derives ultimately from the Anglo-Saxon holen, for the holly tree. |
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