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korowai (iou) and holly (sh)


korowai (iou)



korowai noun. NZ. E19.
[Maori.]
A Maori cloak or cape of flax, ornamented with black twisted thrums. Also korowai mat.

holly (sh)




Any of approximately 400 species of red-or black-berried ornamental shrubs and trees that make up the genus Ilex (family Aquifoliaceae), including the popular Christmas hollies.

English holly (I. aquifolium) bears shiny, spiny, dark, evergreen leaves; American holly (I. opaca) has oblong, prickly leaves; both have usually red fruits. There are spineless and yellow-fruited forms of both species.


American holly (Ilex opaca)

? Noble Proctor from the National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers