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Meaning of BLOLLY

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  evergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berries
 
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 Synonyms: Chiococca alba, West Indian snowberry
 
 See Also: bush, Chiococca, genus Chiococca, shrub

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Blol"ly\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A shrub or small tree of southern Florida and the West
    Indies ({Pisonia obtusata}) with smooth oval leaves and a
    hard, 10-ribbed fruit.
(b) The rubiaceous shrub {Chicocca racemosa}, of the same
    region.
 

 

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