Definitions for ilex

ilex i·lex

Spelling: [ahy-leks]
IPA: /ˈaɪ lɛks/

Ilex is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in ilex (eilx).

Definitions for ilex

noun

  1. holm oak.
  2. any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex.
  3. a holly.

Origin of ilex

1350-1400; Middle English Latin

Examples for ilex

But it was as if he had made the attempt upon the trunk of the ilex itself.

We tied our pony to an ilex and went to explore the Hermitage.

ilex and cedar stood, sombre giants, in a golden, shimmering sea.

The grove of ilex trees is termed the Sacred Grove of Bacchus.

The most common plants that it contains are included in the genera ilex and Prinos.

ilex is the classical name of the evergreen oak in southern Europe.

With Druidism departed the forests of the ilex and the quercus from Aran.

Outside, in the ilex wood, birds were calling to one another.

The ilex I know, and there is no more beautiful tree than the ilex.

The holm oak, ilex, is so called from its holly-like leaves.

Word Value for ilex
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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