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ILEX CORNUTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ilex cornuta mean? 

ILEX CORNUTA (noun)
  The noun ILEX CORNUTA has 1 sense:

1. dense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves; widely cultivated as an ornamentalplay

  Familiarity information: ILEX CORNUTA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ILEX CORNUTA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves; widely cultivated as an ornamental

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chinese holly; Ilex cornuta

Hypernyms ("Ilex cornuta" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Ilex cornuta" is a member of...):

genus Ilex; Ilex (a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies))


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