GENUS ILEX
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ilex mean? • GENUS ILEX (noun)
The noun GENUS ILEX has 1 sense:
1. a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies)
Familiarity information: GENUS ILEX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS ILEX (noun)
Meaning:
A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Ilex; Ilex
Hypernyms ("genus Ilex" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "genus Ilex"):
holly (any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges)
Chinese holly; Ilex cornuta (dense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves; widely cultivated as an ornamental)
Holonyms ("genus Ilex" is a member of...):
Aquifoliaceae; family Aquifoliaceae; holly family (widely distributed shrubs and trees)
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