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ilex
(gcide) | Holm \Holm\ (h[=o]m; 277), n. [OE., prob. from AS. holen holly;
as the holly is also called holm. See Holly.] (Bot.)
A common evergreen oak, of Europe (Quercus Ilex); -- called
also ilex, and holly.
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Ilex
(gcide) | Ilicic \I*lic"ic\, a. [L. ilex, ilicis, holm oak.]
Pertaining to, or derived from, the holly (Ilex), and
allied plants; as, ilicic acid.
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Ilex
(gcide) | Ilex \I"lex\, n. [L., holm oak.] (Bot.)
(a) The holm oak (Quercus Ilex).
(b) A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, including the
common holly.
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ilex
(wn) | Ilex
n 1: a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the
family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries
(including hollies) [syn: Ilex, genus Ilex] |
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silex
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Ilex
(gcide) | Holm \Holm\ (h[=o]m; 277), n. [OE., prob. from AS. holen holly;
as the holly is also called holm. See Holly.] (Bot.)
A common evergreen oak, of Europe (Quercus Ilex); -- called
also ilex, and holly.
[1913 Webster]Ilicic \I*lic"ic\, a. [L. ilex, ilicis, holm oak.]
Pertaining to, or derived from, the holly (Ilex), and
allied plants; as, ilicic acid.
[1913 Webster]Ilex \I"lex\, n. [L., holm oak.] (Bot.)
(a) The holm oak (Quercus Ilex).
(b) A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, including the
common holly.
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Ilex Aquifolium
(gcide) | Holly \Hol"ly\ (h[o^]l"l[y^]), n. [OE holi, holin, AS. holen,
holegn; akin to D. & G. hulst, OHG. huls hulis, W. celyn,
Armor. kelen, Gael. cuilionn, Ir. cuileann. Cf. 1st Holm,
Hulver.]
1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European
species (Ilex Aquifolium) is best known, having glossy
green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing
berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas.
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Note: The holly is much used to adorn churches and houses, at
Christmas time, and hence is associated with scenes of
good will and rejoicing. It is an evergreen tree, and
has a finegrained, heavy, white wood. Its bark is used
as a febrifuge, and the berries are violently purgative
and emetic. The American holly is the Ilex opaca, and
is found along the coast of the United States, from
Maine southward. --Gray.
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2. (Bot.) The holm oak. See 1st Holm.
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Holly-leaved oak (Bot.), the black scrub oak. See {Scrub
oak}.
Holly rose (Bot.), a West Indian shrub, with showy, yellow
flowers (Turnera ulmifolia).
Sea holly (Bot.), a species of Eryngium. See Eryngium.
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Ilex Cassine
(gcide) | Yaupon \Yau"pon\, n. (Bot.)
A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the Holly family, native from
Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as
a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the
black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also
South-Sea tea. [Written also yapon, youpon, and
yupon.]
[1913 Webster]Dahoon \Da*hoon"\ (d[.a]*h[=oo]n"), [Origin unknown.]
An evergreen shrub or small tree (Ilex cassine) of the
southern United States, bearing red drupes and having soft,
white, close-grained wood; -- called also dahoon holly.
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Ilex cassine
(gcide) | Yaupon \Yau"pon\, n. (Bot.)
A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the Holly family, native from
Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as
a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the
black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also
South-Sea tea. [Written also yapon, youpon, and
yupon.]
[1913 Webster]Dahoon \Da*hoon"\ (d[.a]*h[=oo]n"), [Origin unknown.]
An evergreen shrub or small tree (Ilex cassine) of the
southern United States, bearing red drupes and having soft,
white, close-grained wood; -- called also dahoon holly.
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Ilex glabra
(gcide) | Ink \Ink\, n. [OE. enke, inke, OF. enque, F. encre, L. encaustum
the purple red ink with which the Roman emperors signed their
edicts, Gr. ?, fr. ? burnt in, encaustic, fr. ? to burn in.
See Encaustic, Caustic.]
1. A fluid, or a viscous material or preparation of various
kinds (commonly black or colored), used in writing or
printing.
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Make there a prick with ink. --Chaucer.
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Deformed monsters, foul and black as ink. --Spenser.
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2. A pigment. See India ink, under India.
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Note: Ordinarily, black ink is made from nutgalls and a
solution of some salt of iron, and consists essentially
of a tannate or gallate of iron; sometimes indigo
sulphate, or other coloring matter, is added. Other
black inks contain potassium chromate, and extract of
logwood, salts of vanadium, etc. Blue ink is usually a
solution of Prussian blue. Red ink was formerly made
from carmine (cochineal), Brazil wood, etc., but
potassium eosin is now used. Also red, blue, violet,
and yellow inks are largely made from aniline dyes.
Indelible ink is usually a weak solution of silver
nitrate, but carbon in the form of lampblack or India
ink, salts of molybdenum, vanadium, etc., are also
used. Sympathetic inks may be made of milk, salts of
cobalt, etc. See Sympathetic ink (below).
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Copying ink, a peculiar ink used for writings of which
copies by impression are to be taken.
Ink bag (Zool.), an ink sac.
Ink berry. (Bot.)
(a) A shrub of the Holly family (Ilex glabra), found in
sandy grounds along the coast from New England to
Florida, and producing a small black berry.
(b) The West Indian indigo berry. See Indigo.
Ink plant (Bot.), a New Zealand shrub ({Coriaria
thymifolia}), the berries of which yield a juice which
forms an ink.
Ink powder, a powder from which ink is made by solution.
Ink sac (Zool.), an organ, found in most cephalopods,
containing an inky fluid which can be ejected from a duct
opening at the base of the siphon. The fluid serves to
cloud the water, and enable these animals to escape from
their enemies. See Illust. of Dibranchiata.
Printer's ink, or Printing ink. See under Printing.
Sympathetic ink, a writing fluid of such a nature that what
is written remains invisible till the action of a reagent
on the characters makes it visible.
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Ilex laevigata
(gcide) | Winter \Win"ter\, n. [AS. winter; akin to OFries. & D. winter,
OS. & OHG. wintar, G. winter, D. & Sw. vinter, Icel. vetr,
Goth. wintrus; of uncertain origin; cf. Old Gallic vindo-
white (in comp.), OIr. find white. ????.]
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1. The season of the year in which the sun shines most
obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.
"Of thirty winter he was old." --Chaucer.
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And after summer evermore succeeds
Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold.
--Shak.
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Winter lingering chills the lap of May. --Goldsmith.
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Note: North of the equator, winter is popularly taken to
include the months of December, January, and February
(see Season). Astronomically, it may be considered to
begin with the winter solstice, about December 21st,
and to end with the vernal equinox, about March 21st.
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2. The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
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Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge.
--Wordsworth.
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Winter apple, an apple that keeps well in winter, or that
does not ripen until winter.
Winter barley, a kind of barley that is sown in autumn.
Winter berry (Bot.), the name of several American shrubs
(Ilex verticillata, Ilex laevigata, etc.) of the Holly
family, having bright red berries conspicuous in winter.
Winter bloom. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Azalea.
(b) A plant of the genus Hamamelis ({Hamamelis
Viginica}); witch-hazel; -- so called from its flowers
appearing late in autumn, while the leaves are
falling.
Winter bud (Zool.), a statoblast.
Winter cherry (Bot.), a plant (Physalis Alkekengi) of the
Nightshade family, which has, a red berry inclosed in the
inflated and persistent calyx. See Alkekengi.
Winter cough (Med.), a form of chronic bronchitis marked by
a cough recurring each winter.
Winter cress (Bot.), a yellow-flowered cruciferous plant
(Barbarea vulgaris).
Winter crop, a crop which will bear the winter, or which
may be converted into fodder during the winter.
Winter duck. (Zool.)
(a) The pintail.
(b) The old squaw.
Winter egg (Zool.), an egg produced in the autumn by many
invertebrates, and destined to survive the winter. Such
eggs usually differ from the summer eggs in having a
thicker shell, and often in being enveloped in a
protective case. They sometimes develop in a manner
different from that of the summer eggs.
Winter fallow, ground that is fallowed in winter.
Winter fat. (Bot.) Same as White sage, under White.
Winter fever (Med.), pneumonia. [Colloq.]
Winter flounder. (Zool.) See the Note under Flounder.
Winter gull (Zool.), the common European gull; -- called
also winter mew. [Prov. Eng.]
Winter itch. (Med.) See Prarie itch, under Prairie.
Winter lodge, or Winter lodgment. (Bot.) Same as
Hibernaculum.
Winter mew. (Zool.) Same as Winter gull, above. [Prov.
Eng.]
Winter moth (Zool.), any one of several species of
geometrid moths which come forth in winter, as the
European species (Cheimatobia brumata). These moths have
rudimentary mouth organs, and eat no food in the imago
state. The female of some of the species is wingless.
Winter oil, oil prepared so as not to solidify in
moderately cold weather.
Winter pear, a kind of pear that keeps well in winter, or
that does not ripen until winter.
Winter quarters, the quarters of troops during the winter;
a winter residence or station.
Winter rye, a kind of rye that is sown in autumn.
Winter shad (Zool.), the gizzard shad.
Winter sheldrake (Zool.), the goosander. [Local, U. S.]
Winter sleep (Zool.), hibernation.
Winter snipe (Zool.), the dunlin.
Winter solstice. (Astron.) See Solstice, 2.
Winter teal (Zool.), the green-winged teal.
Winter wagtail (Zool.), the gray wagtail ({Motacilla
melanope}). [Prov. Eng.]
Winter wheat, wheat sown in autumn, which lives during the
winter, and ripens in the following summer.
Winter wren (Zool.), a small American wren ({Troglodytes
hiemalis}) closely resembling the common wren.
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Ilex opaca
(gcide) | Holly \Hol"ly\ (h[o^]l"l[y^]), n. [OE holi, holin, AS. holen,
holegn; akin to D. & G. hulst, OHG. huls hulis, W. celyn,
Armor. kelen, Gael. cuilionn, Ir. cuileann. Cf. 1st Holm,
Hulver.]
1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European
species (Ilex Aquifolium) is best known, having glossy
green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing
berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas.
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Note: The holly is much used to adorn churches and houses, at
Christmas time, and hence is associated with scenes of
good will and rejoicing. It is an evergreen tree, and
has a finegrained, heavy, white wood. Its bark is used
as a febrifuge, and the berries are violently purgative
and emetic. The American holly is the Ilex opaca, and
is found along the coast of the United States, from
Maine southward. --Gray.
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2. (Bot.) The holm oak. See 1st Holm.
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Holly-leaved oak (Bot.), the black scrub oak. See {Scrub
oak}.
Holly rose (Bot.), a West Indian shrub, with showy, yellow
flowers (Turnera ulmifolia).
Sea holly (Bot.), a species of Eryngium. See Eryngium.
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Ilex Paraguensis
(gcide) | Mate \Ma"te\ (m[aum]"t[asl]), n. [Sp.]
The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly
(Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with
an agreeable bitter taste, and is much used for tea in South
America.
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Ilex verticillata
(gcide) | Winter \Win"ter\, n. [AS. winter; akin to OFries. & D. winter,
OS. & OHG. wintar, G. winter, D. & Sw. vinter, Icel. vetr,
Goth. wintrus; of uncertain origin; cf. Old Gallic vindo-
white (in comp.), OIr. find white. ????.]
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1. The season of the year in which the sun shines most
obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.
"Of thirty winter he was old." --Chaucer.
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And after summer evermore succeeds
Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold.
--Shak.
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Winter lingering chills the lap of May. --Goldsmith.
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Note: North of the equator, winter is popularly taken to
include the months of December, January, and February
(see Season). Astronomically, it may be considered to
begin with the winter solstice, about December 21st,
and to end with the vernal equinox, about March 21st.
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2. The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
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Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge.
--Wordsworth.
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Winter apple, an apple that keeps well in winter, or that
does not ripen until winter.
Winter barley, a kind of barley that is sown in autumn.
Winter berry (Bot.), the name of several American shrubs
(Ilex verticillata, Ilex laevigata, etc.) of the Holly
family, having bright red berries conspicuous in winter.
Winter bloom. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Azalea.
(b) A plant of the genus Hamamelis ({Hamamelis
Viginica}); witch-hazel; -- so called from its flowers
appearing late in autumn, while the leaves are
falling.
Winter bud (Zool.), a statoblast.
Winter cherry (Bot.), a plant (Physalis Alkekengi) of the
Nightshade family, which has, a red berry inclosed in the
inflated and persistent calyx. See Alkekengi.
Winter cough (Med.), a form of chronic bronchitis marked by
a cough recurring each winter.
Winter cress (Bot.), a yellow-flowered cruciferous plant
(Barbarea vulgaris).
Winter crop, a crop which will bear the winter, or which
may be converted into fodder during the winter.
Winter duck. (Zool.)
(a) The pintail.
(b) The old squaw.
Winter egg (Zool.), an egg produced in the autumn by many
invertebrates, and destined to survive the winter. Such
eggs usually differ from the summer eggs in having a
thicker shell, and often in being enveloped in a
protective case. They sometimes develop in a manner
different from that of the summer eggs.
Winter fallow, ground that is fallowed in winter.
Winter fat. (Bot.) Same as White sage, under White.
Winter fever (Med.), pneumonia. [Colloq.]
Winter flounder. (Zool.) See the Note under Flounder.
Winter gull (Zool.), the common European gull; -- called
also winter mew. [Prov. Eng.]
Winter itch. (Med.) See Prarie itch, under Prairie.
Winter lodge, or Winter lodgment. (Bot.) Same as
Hibernaculum.
Winter mew. (Zool.) Same as Winter gull, above. [Prov.
Eng.]
Winter moth (Zool.), any one of several species of
geometrid moths which come forth in winter, as the
European species (Cheimatobia brumata). These moths have
rudimentary mouth organs, and eat no food in the imago
state. The female of some of the species is wingless.
Winter oil, oil prepared so as not to solidify in
moderately cold weather.
Winter pear, a kind of pear that keeps well in winter, or
that does not ripen until winter.
Winter quarters, the quarters of troops during the winter;
a winter residence or station.
Winter rye, a kind of rye that is sown in autumn.
Winter shad (Zool.), the gizzard shad.
Winter sheldrake (Zool.), the goosander. [Local, U. S.]
Winter sleep (Zool.), hibernation.
Winter snipe (Zool.), the dunlin.
Winter solstice. (Astron.) See Solstice, 2.
Winter teal (Zool.), the green-winged teal.
Winter wagtail (Zool.), the gray wagtail ({Motacilla
melanope}). [Prov. Eng.]
Winter wheat, wheat sown in autumn, which lives during the
winter, and ripens in the following summer.
Winter wren (Zool.), a small American wren ({Troglodytes
hiemalis}) closely resembling the common wren.
[1913 Webster]Alder \Al"der\ ([add]l"d[~e]r), n. [OE. aldir, aller, fr. AS.
alr, aler, alor, akin to D. els, G. erle, Icel. erlir, erli,
Swed. al, Dan. elle, el, L. alnus, and E. elm.] (Bot.)
A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the
genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by
dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are
usually shrubs or small trees.
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Black alder.
(a) A European shrub (Rhamnus frangula); Alder buckthorn.
(b) An American species of holly (Ilex verticillata),
bearing red berries.
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Petrosilex
(gcide) | Petrosilex \Pet`ro*si"lex\, n. [Petro + silex.] (Min.)
Felsite.
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Quercus Ilex
(gcide) | Holm \Holm\ (h[=o]m; 277), n. [OE., prob. from AS. holen holly;
as the holly is also called holm. See Holly.] (Bot.)
A common evergreen oak, of Europe (Quercus Ilex); -- called
also ilex, and holly.
[1913 Webster]Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D.
eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
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1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks
have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a
scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
rays, forming the silver grain.
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2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
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Note: Among the true oaks in America are:
Barren oak, or
Black-jack, Quercus nigra.
Basket oak, Quercus Michauxii.
Black oak, Quercus tinctoria; -- called also yellow oak
or quercitron oak.
Bur oak (see under Bur.), Quercus macrocarpa; -- called
also over-cup or mossy-cup oak.
Chestnut oak, Quercus Prinus and Quercus densiflora.
Chinquapin oak (see under Chinquapin), {Quercus
prinoides}.
Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia, of California; -- also
called enceno.
Live oak (see under Live), Quercus virens, the best of
all for shipbuilding; also, Quercus Chrysolepis, of
California.
Pin oak. Same as Swamp oak.
Post oak, Quercus obtusifolia.
Red oak, Quercus rubra.
Scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea.
Scrub oak, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus undulata, etc.
Shingle oak, Quercus imbricaria.
Spanish oak, Quercus falcata.
Swamp Spanish oak, or
Pin oak, Quercus palustris.
Swamp white oak, Quercus bicolor.
Water oak, Quercus aquatica.
Water white oak, Quercus lyrata.
Willow oak, Quercus Phellos.
[1913 Webster] Among the true oaks in Europe are:
Bitter oak, or
Turkey oak, Quercus Cerris (see Cerris).
Cork oak, Quercus Suber.
English white oak, Quercus Robur.
Evergreen oak,
Holly oak, or
Holm oak, Quercus Ilex.
Kermes oak, Quercus coccifera.
Nutgall oak, Quercus infectoria.
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Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
Quercus, are:
African oak, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia
Africana}).
Australian oak or She oak, any tree of the genus
Casuarina (see Casuarina).
Indian oak, the teak tree (see Teak).
Jerusalem oak. See under Jerusalem.
New Zealand oak, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon
excelsum}).
Poison oak, a shrub once not distinguished from poison ivy,
but now restricted to Rhus toxicodendron or {Rhus
diversiloba}.
Silky oak or Silk-bark oak, an Australian tree
(Grevillea robusta).
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Green oak, oak wood colored green by the growth of the
mycelium of certain fungi.
Oak apple, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the
leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips
confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young.
Oak beauty (Zool.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston
prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak.
Oak gall, a gall found on the oak. See 2d Gall.
Oak leather (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms
leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.
Oak pruner. (Zool.) See Pruner, the insect.
Oak spangle, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the
insect Diplolepis lenticularis.
Oak wart, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.
The Oaks, one of the three great annual English horse races
(the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was
instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called
from his estate.
To sport one's oak, to be "not at home to visitors,"
signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's
rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]
[1913 Webster]Ilex \I"lex\, n. [L., holm oak.] (Bot.)
(a) The holm oak (Quercus Ilex).
(b) A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, including the
common holly.
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Silex
(gcide) | Silex \Si"lex\, n. [L., a finit, a pebblestone.] (Min.)
Silica, SiO2 as found in nature, constituting quarz, and
most sands and sandstones. See Silica, and Silicic.
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genus ilex
(wn) | genus Ilex
n 1: a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the
family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries
(including hollies) [syn: Ilex, genus Ilex] |
ilex cornuta
(wn) | Ilex cornuta
n 1: dense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves;
widely cultivated as an ornamental [syn: Chinese holly,
Ilex cornuta] |
ilex decidua
(wn) | Ilex decidua
n 1: deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States
[syn: bearberry, possum haw, winterberry, {Ilex
decidua}] |
ilex glabra
(wn) | Ilex glabra
n 1: evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong
leathery leaves and small black berries [syn: inkberry,
gallberry, gall-berry, evergreen winterberry, {Ilex
glabra}] |
ilex paraguariensis
(wn) | Ilex paraguariensis
n 1: South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like
tea [syn: mate, Paraguay tea, Ilex paraguariensis] |
quercus ilex
(wn) | Quercus ilex
n 1: evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat
resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood [syn: {holm
oak}, holm tree, holly-leaved oak, evergreen oak,
Quercus ilex] |
silex
(wn) | silex
n 1: a pure form of finely ground silica
2: a vacuum coffee maker |
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