Definition of Quercus ilex

1. Noun. Evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood.

Exact synonyms: Evergreen Oak, Holly-leaved Oak, Holm Oak, Holm Tree
Generic synonyms: Oak, Oak Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quercus Ilex

Quenu's haemorrhoidal plexus
Quenu-Muret sign
Quenya
Quercus agrifolia
Quercus alba
Quercus arizonica
Quercus bicolor
Quercus borealis
Quercus cerris
Quercus chrysolepis
Quercus coccinea
Quercus ellipsoidalis
Quercus falcata
Quercus garryana
Quercus grosseserrata
Quercus ilex
Quercus ilicifolia
Quercus imbricaria
Quercus incana
Quercus kelloggii
Quercus laevis
Quercus laurifolia
Quercus lobata
Quercus lyrata
Quercus macrocarpa
Quercus marilandica
Quercus michauxii
Quercus mongolica
Quercus montana
Quercus muehlenbergii

Literary usage of Quercus ilex

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Woodland Trees by Francis George Heath (1878)
"quercus ilex. PLATE 1, FIG. 8. NATURALIZATION in Britain for many hundreds of years gives to the Ilex, or Evergreen Oak, the right to claim a place amongst ..."

2. Our woodland trees by Francis George Heath (1878)
"Authorities, of course, differ on this point; but it is generally admitted, by those who are adverse to the belief in the identity of quercus ilex with the ..."

3. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"DYER'S. Quercus tinctoria. —. EVERGREEN. quercus ilex. —, FEMALE. ... quercus ilex. —, INDIAN. Tectona grandis, the Teak tree. —, IRON. ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1879)
"On the hills with a southern exposure, the first thing met with is quercus ilex at 7000 feet as a thick bush ; higher up it is more like a tree, ..."

5. The Timber Trees, Timber and Fancy Woods, as Also, the Forests, of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"... quercus ilex, Linn. Bam, AB., Melia sempervirens, Roxb. ... of Murree hills, quercus ilex, Linn. ..."

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