Stechpalme

Meaning

1. (feminine) holly (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
2. (feminine, obsolete) knee holly, butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus, “kleine Stechpalme”)

Concepts

holly

ilex

English holly

mountain holly

common holly

hollies

European holly

spotnape ponyfish

Ilex

Synonyms

Ilex

Hülse

Christdorn

Stechhülse

Stechholder

Stechlaub

Walddistel

europäische Stechpalme

gemeine Stechpalme

Schradler

Hülsdorn

Hülsebusch

Winterbeere

Stecheiche

Hulstbaum

Hülskrabbe

Translations

houx

hulst

acebo

azevinho

agrifoglio

grèvol

azevim

Ilex aquifolium

ilex

çobanpüskülü

ίλεξ

grifol

grefuèlh

Ilex

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃtɛçˌpalmə/

Etymology

Cognate with Polish: ożanka

In summary

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.