islay

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers
noun an island of western Scotland at the southern end of the Inner Hebrides

Borrowed from Spanish islay.

"There! do you not see that dark bank through the mist; that is Islay. — In Freedom's Cause : A Story of Wallace and Bruce, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
288), speaking of Islay and its antiquities, says “the late-wakes or funerals ... were attended with sports and dramatic entertainments.... — The Beginnings of Poetry, Francis Barton Gummere
We’ve a heap o’ calls to make Mull and Islay way.” The purser came up to inquire about my ticket, and greeted me with a grin. — Mr. Standfast, John Buchan

holly-leaved cherry, holly-leaf cherry, evergreen cherry, Prunus ilicifolia

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