ilex

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies)

Borrowed from Latin ilex (“holm oak”).

Moving through the vivid lights and shadows of the ilex and cypress grove, her appearance had a charm of unwonted simplicity. — The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance, Lucas Malet
As he expected, he found him under the big ilex on his back, with his after-breakfast pipe, no longer alight, between his lips. — The Talking Horse, and Other Tales, F. Anstey
There were myrtles, ilex, figs, acacia, and a quantity of other trees, with climbing cacti and other creepers, and great high trees of jasmin. — Southern Arabia, J. Theodore (James Theodore) Bent

genus Ilex

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