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GENUS ILEX
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I. (noun)
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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)
Synonyms:
genus Ilex; Ilex
Classified under:
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)
