Definitions for ilexes

ilexes i·lex

Spelling: [ahy-leks]
IPA: /ˈaɪ lɛks/

Ilexes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 66 anagrams from letters in ilexes (eeilsx).

Definitions for ilexes

noun

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

Origin of ilexes

1350-1400; Middle English Latin

Examples for ilexes

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for ilexes
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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