HyperDic: ilex

English > 1 sense of the word Ilex:
NOUNplantIlex, genus Ilexa large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies)
English > Ilex: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
Synonymgenus Ilex
Member ofAquifoliaceae, family Aquifoliaceae, holly familywidely distributed shrubs and trees
MembersChinese holly, Ilex cornutadense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves
hollyAny tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishencina, genus ilex, ilex
Catalanalzina, carrasca, genus ilex, ilex

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