| NOUN | plant | Ilex, genus Ilex | a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies) |
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| Meaning | A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies). | |
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| Synonym | genus Ilex | |
| Member of | Aquifoliaceae, family Aquifoliaceae, holly family | widely distributed shrubs and trees |
| Members | Chinese holly, Ilex cornuta | dense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves |
| holly | Any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges | |
| Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
| Spanish | encina, genus ilex, ilex | |
| Catalan | alzina, carrasca, genus ilex, ilex | |
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