Meaning
2 sensesHolm oak (Quercus ilex).
Any of the numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Ilex.
a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies)
Examples
1 sentencesBreached and battered, the ruin stands in a grove of ilex on a very beautiful promontory.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin ilex (“holm oak”).Borrowed from Latin ilex (“holm oak”).
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Forms
plural: ilexes / ilicesSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies):genus Ilex