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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)play

Synonyms:

genus Ilex; Ilex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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