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ilex
1[ ahy-leks ]
ilex
2[ ahy-leks ]
noun
- any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex.
- a holly.
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Origin of ilex1
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Does not the Sacred Tree of the village of Kerdami—a noble ilex of most unusual size—still command more than reverence?
I thought of the white flowers that grew in the dark corners of the old garden at the Wern, by the great ilex tree.
Eik is the ilex or scarlet oak; thyrnir, a thorn; metaphorically for a stag's antlers.
Moving through the vivid lights and shadows of the ilex and cypress grove, her appearance had a charm of unwonted simplicity.
In the middle distance, a few ilex and cypress trees were effectively and naturally distributed.
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