ilex
1 Americannoun
noun
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any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex.
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a holly.
noun
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any of various trees or shrubs of the widely distributed genus Ilex, such as the holly and inkberry: family Aquifoliaceae
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another name for the holm oak
Etymology
Origin of ilex1
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin
Origin of ilex2
1555–65; < New Latin, Latin īlex ilex 1
Example Sentences
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Dandelion overtook him and the two disappeared among the ilex trees.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Beyond, the path was the same—empty in the darkening moonlight and leading gently downhill into the deep shadow of a grove of ilex trees.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
We buried our dead; and madame slept beneath the ilex, in the courtyard of the castle, below the north wall.
From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by S. (Sidney) Levett-Yeats
The path was difficult but not dangerous, winding upward through rocks fringed with dwarf ilex, box, and mastic, which made the air fragrant.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various
Near the summit of a gentle mound that was covered with ilex and low-growing scrub we found ourselves confronted by a wall built of vast, roughly hewn blocks of stone.
From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Mary Stuart Boyd
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