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What (who) is ilex - definition
GENUS OF PLANTS
Aquifoliaceae; Ilexes; Holly family; Ilex species; Ilex; Holly berry
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![Traditional Christmas card with holly and [[mistletoe]]. Circa 1880s](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Holly Christmas card from NLI.jpg?width=200 "Traditional Christmas card with holly and [[mistletoe]]. Circa 1880s")
![Hollies (here, ''[[Ilex aquifolium]]'') are dioecious: (above) shoot with flowers from male plant; (top right) male flower enlarged from female plant; (lower right) female flower enlarged, showing ovary and reduced, sterile stamens with no pollen.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hollyflowers.jpg?width=200 "Hollies (here, ''[[Ilex aquifolium]]'') are dioecious: (above) shoot with flowers from male plant; (top right) male flower enlarged from female plant; (lower right) female flower enlarged, showing ovary and reduced, sterile stamens with no pollen.")
![''[[Ilex anomala]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Starr_020925-0058_Ilex_anomala.jpg?width=200 "''[[Ilex anomala]]''")
![A contorted hedgehog holly ''[[Ilex aquifolium]]'' 'Ferox'](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Contorted Hedgehog Holly.JPG?width=200 "A contorted hedgehog holly ''[[Ilex aquifolium]]'' 'Ferox'")
![''[[Ilex chinensis]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ilex chinensis1.jpg?width=200 "''[[Ilex chinensis]]''")
![''[[Ilex pedunculosa]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ilex pedunculosa5.jpg?width=200 "''[[Ilex pedunculosa]]''")
![''[[Ilex rotunda]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ilex rotunda5.jpg?width=200 "''[[Ilex rotunda]]''")
![''[[Ilex yunnanensis]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yunnan Holly Ilex yunnanensis Sprig 3008px.jpg?width=200 "''[[Ilex yunnanensis]]''")
![''Ilex'' × ''meserveae'']]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Beautifulflowers6.jpg?width=200 "''Ilex'' × ''meserveae'']]")
![''[[Ilex pernyi]]'' from west China](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ilex-pernyi-leaves.JPG?width=200 "''[[Ilex pernyi]]'' from west China")
Ilex
·noun The holm oak (Quercus Ilex).
II. Ilex ·noun A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, including the common holly.
ilex
['??l?ks]
¦ noun
1. the holm oak.
2. a tree or shrub of a genus that includes holly. [Genus Ilex.]
Origin
ME: from L.
holly
¦ noun an evergreen shrub with prickly dark green leaves and red berries. [Ilex aquifolium and other species.]
Origin
ME holi, shortened form of OE holegn, holen, of Gmc origin.
Wikipedia
Holly
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Ilex (), or holly, is a genus of over 570 species of flowering plants in the family Aquifoliaceae, and the only living genus in that family. Ilex has the most species of any woody dioecious angiosperm genus. The species are evergreen or deciduous trees, shrubs, and climbers from tropics to temperate zones worldwide. The type species is Ilex aquifolium, the common European holly used in Christmas decorations and cards.
Examples of use of ilex
1. Advertisement Ilex will be supplying the Tigris systems over a period of about five years, through its subsidiary Ilex Biotech.
2. Ilex has exclusive rights to market Chiron‘s blood screening products.
3. Nor is the political fog news to anybody, the source sniffed. (Tal Levy) Ilex wins Moscow blood bank contract Ilex Medical has won a major contract to supply blood–testing kits to Moscow‘s main blood bank.
4. Ilex markets lab/medical and diagnostics equipment, mainly in South Africa.
5. Moreover, Ilex, which sells clinical laboratory equipment, estimates that sales of additional testing equipment, not including the systems themselves, will come to about $650,000.