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Definition: Ilex |
IlexNoun1. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Ilex" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1883. (references) |
Synonym: IlexSynonym: genus Ilex (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ilex |
| English words defined with "Ilex": genus Ilex ♦ holly, Holm ♦ Ilex cornuta, Ilex decidua, Ilex glabra, Ilex paraguariensis, Ilicic. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Ilex": Ilicic. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Ilex" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (holly, ilex), Latin (holly). |
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| "Ilex" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 45.45% of the time. "Ilex" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 45.45% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 27.27% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 27.27% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Ilex Oncology Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "Ilex": genus Ilex ♦ Ilex Aguifolium ♦ Ilex Aquifolium ♦ Ilex Cassine ♦ ilex cornuta ♦ ilex decidua ♦ ilex glabra ♦ Ilex laevigata ♦ Ilex opaca ♦ ilex paraguariensis ♦ Ilex Paraguensis ♦ Ilex verticillata ♦ Q Ilex ♦ quercus Ilex. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ilex | 99 |
ilex crenata | 21 |
ilex oncology | 16 |
ilex opaca | 15 |
ilex aquifolium | 13 |
ilex glabra | 12 |
ilex verticillata | 10 |
ilex quercus | 9 |
ilex vomitoria | 9 |
ilex paraguariensis | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Ilex"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ashe (holly, rhododendron). (various references) | |
Arabic | البلوط الأخضر. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | зелен дъб (holm oak), джел (holly). (various references) | |
Czech | cesmína (holly). (various references) | |
Danish | skov med Ilex aquifolium (Ilex aquifolium forest). (various references) | |
Dutch | hulstbos (Ilex aquifolium forest). (various references) | |
French | chêne vert. (various references) | |
German | immergrüneiche, ilex (holly), steineiche (durmast oak, German oak, holly oak, holm, holm oak, live oak, sessile oak, southern live oak), stechpalme (European holly, holly). (various references) | |
Greek | δάσος με Ilex aquifolium (Ilex aquifolium forest). (various references) | |
Hungarian | örökzöld tölgy. (various references) | |
Italian | elce (German oak, holly oak, holm oak, live oak, southern live oak). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 梅"き . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | うめもどき. (various references) | |
Manx | darragh scarleod (holm oak). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ilexay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | floresta de Ilex aquifolium (Ilex aquifolium forest). (various references) | |
Russian | падуб (holly). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vrsta zimzelenog hrasta. (various references) | |
Spanish | encina (holmoak). (various references) | |
Swedish | kristtorn, järnek (European holly, holly). (various references) | |
Turkish | pırnal (evergreen oak, holm oak, holy oak), çobanpüskülü (holly). (various references) | |
Ukranian | падуб (holly). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Ilex": ilexes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "Ilex": silex. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Ilex": silexes. (additional references) | |
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"Ilex" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dilex, elex, Hilux, idex, ikle, ilax, ilec, ileg, ileh, ilem, ilen, Ileo, ilet, ileu, ilix, ille, ilox, imex, Inex, Ipex, Irex, isex, ivex, liax, liex, Lipex, milex, Olex, Olmex, pilex, silex, tilex, vlex. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-x" | |
-1 letter: lei, lex, lie. | |
-2 letters: el, ex, li, xi. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-x" | |
+1 letter: axile, exile, helix, ixtle, lexis, pixel, silex, vexil. | |
+2 letters: alexia, alexin, axlike, biflex, diplex, elixir, exiled, exiles, exilic, ilexes, ixtles, lexica, pixels, sexily, silvex, vexils, xenial. | |
+3 letters: abaxile, alexias, alexine, alexins, axillae, boxlike, elixirs, exciple, exclaim, exilian, exiling, explain, exploit, exuvial, fixable, fixedly, flaxier, flexile, flexing, flexion, foxlike, helixes, lexemic, lexical, lexicon, lexises, milieux, mixable, mixible, relaxin, sextile, silexes, simplex, textile, triplex, ulexite, vexilla, vixenly, waxlike. | |
+4 letters: alexines, alkoxide, anthelix, bisexual, bollixed, bollixes, cineplex, climaxed, climaxes, diplexer, dyslexia, dyslexic, epicalyx, exalting, exciples, exclaims, exequial, exhaling, exigible, exitless, exordial, expiable, explains, explicit, exploits, exulting, flaxiest, flexible, flexibly, flexions, flextime, galaxies, inflexed, influxes, laxative, laxities, lexicons, luxuries, maxillae, oxalises, oxidable, oxyphile, preaxial, prefixal, pyrexial, relaxing, relaxins, saxatile, sextiles, siloxane, silvexes, smilaxes, telexing, textiles, ulexites, vexillar, vexillum, vexingly, xenolith, xylidine. | |
+5 letters: affixable, alkoxides, bisexuals, catalexis, coxalgies, diplexers, duplexing, dyslexias, dyslexics, effluxion, epitaxial, exampling, excelling, excelsior, excisable, excitable, excitedly, exclaimed, exclaimer, excluding, exclusion, exclusive, exemplify, exfoliate, exigently, exocyclic, expelling, explained, explainer, expletive, explicate, explicits, exploding, exploited, exploiter, exploring, explosion, explosive, expulsing, expulsion, expulsive, exsertile, extensile, extolling, extrality, flexitime, flextimes, hexaploid, indexical, inexactly, inflexion, laxatives, lexically, lixiviate, luxuriate, mailboxes, multiplex, oxyphiles, pillboxes, pixilated, plaintext, plexiform, poleaxing, preexilic, reflexing, reflexion, reflexive, refluxing, sexuality, sexualize, siloxanes, simplexes, sulfoxide, telotaxis, triplexes, unisexual, unmixable, xenoliths, xenophile, xerophile, xerophily, xylidines. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6C 65 78 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. .-.. . -..- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101100 01100101 01111000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I l e x |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006C 0065 0078 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43787190 |
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