ilexn.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪlɛks/, U.S.

/ˈaɪˌlɛks/

Forms: Also 1500s–1700s ilix.

Etymology: < Latin īlex, īlic-em holm-oak.

1. The holm oak or evergreen oak ( Quercus ilex).

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > holm-oak

prinec1390

ilexa1398

holm1552

holm-tree1565

mast-holm1577

holly-oak1597

holm oak1597

hulver oak1597

scarlet oak1597

oak-holm1601

evergreen oak1629

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. lxxxiii. 973 Ilex..is a maner ooke, a tre þat bereþ mast.

1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xxxix The tre called Ilex, y^t than stode byfore Abrahams dore is now wasted.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 458 Of the Ilex or mast-Holme tree, there be two sorts.

1768 J. Boswell Acct. Corsica (ed. 2) i. 45 The Ilex, or ever-green oak, is very common here.

1789 G. White Let. in Nat. Hist. Selborne 290 The ilexes were much injured.

1805 P. Beckford Familiar Lett. Italy I. xliii. 416 A beautiful wood, enlivened in winter by the ilix and the cork tree, both evergreens.

1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands viii. 216 Tabor, with..its base skirted with dwarf oak, ilexes, and arbutus.

2. In modern Botany, the name of a genus of Aquifoliaceæ, comprising numerous trees and shrubs, of which the most familiar is the common holly ( I. Aquifolium).

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > holly bush

hollinc725

hollyc1150

holmc1405

hulverc1430

holm-treec1450

hull1557

ilex1565

evergreen oak1629

1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Aquifolia, a wilde tree with pricking leaves..a kinde of Ilix.

1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 443/1 Besides the common Holly.., the genus Ilex comprehends a large number of species.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations (in sense 1).

ΚΠ

1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More Ded. 6 Spain's mountain passes, and her ilex woods.

1861 W. G. Clark in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 61 A steep ilex-clothed hill.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. iii. 92 I went..for a walk through its ilex groves.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ilex
释义	ilexn. Brit. /ˈʌɪlɛks/, U.S. /ˈaɪˌlɛks/ Forms: Also 1500s–1700s ilix. Etymology: < Latin īlex, īlic-em holm-oak. 1. The holm oak or evergreen oak ( Quercus ilex). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > holm-oak prinec1390 ilexa1398 holm1552 holm-tree1565 mast-holm1577 holly-oak1597 holm oak1597 hulver oak1597 scarlet oak1597 oak-holm1601 evergreen oak1629 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. lxxxiii. 973 Ilex..is a maner ooke, a tre þat bereþ mast. 1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xxxix The tre called Ilex, y^t than stode byfore Abrahams dore is now wasted. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 458 Of the Ilex or mast-Holme tree, there be two sorts. 1768 J. Boswell Acct. Corsica (ed. 2) i. 45 The Ilex, or ever-green oak, is very common here. 1789 G. White Let. in Nat. Hist. Selborne 290 The ilexes were much injured. 1805 P. Beckford Familiar Lett. Italy I. xliii. 416 A beautiful wood, enlivened in winter by the ilix and the cork tree, both evergreens. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands viii. 216 Tabor, with..its base skirted with dwarf oak, ilexes, and arbutus. 2. In modern Botany, the name of a genus of Aquifoliaceæ, comprising numerous trees and shrubs, of which the most familiar is the common holly ( I. Aquifolium). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > holly bush hollinc725 hollyc1150 holmc1405 hulverc1430 holm-treec1450 hull1557 ilex1565 evergreen oak1629 1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Aquifolia, a wilde tree with pricking leaves..a kinde of Ilix. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 443/1 Besides the common Holly.., the genus Ilex comprehends a large number of species. Compounds attributive and in other combinations (in sense 1). ΚΠ 1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More Ded. 6 Spain's mountain passes, and her ilex woods. 1861 W. G. Clark in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 61 A steep ilex-clothed hill. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. iii. 92 I went..for a walk through its ilex groves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398
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