Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ilex

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.09 in modern English

Syllables: ilex
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Holm oak (Quercus ilex).

noun

Any of the numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Ilex.

Example Sentences

"There is a point of strand / Near Vada's tower and town; and on one side / The treacherous marsh divides it from the land, / Shadowed by pine and ilex forests wide, / And on the other creeps eternally, / Through muddy weeds, the shallow, sullen sea."
"Many nights, though autumnal mists were spread around, I passed under an ilex—many times I have supped on arbutus berries and chestnuts, making a fire, gypsylike, on the ground […]"
"Sometimes I lost track of them and had to hunt round in a circle, thrusting through sharp-scented bushes, scratching myself on various plants which were still new to me: resinaceous rock-roses, juniper, ilex [translating chênes verts], yellow and white asphodel."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ilex (“holm oak”).

Inflected Forms

ilexes (plural) ilices (plural)

Questions

What does ilex mean?: Holm oak (Quercus ilex).
Where does ilex come from?: Borrowed from Latin ilex (“holm oak”).

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