ILEX

(Lat.), n. f. I(e)'le2x.. Gen., il'icis. Fr., houx (2d def.). Ger., 7., Hiilsen (2d def.). 1. Of the ancients, the Quercus i. 2. The holly, a genus of the llicinece. [B, 19, 34, 42, 173, 180 (a, 24).] Folia ilicis. The leaves of 7. aquifohum. [B, 180 (a, 24).] Fructus (seu glandes) ilicis. Acorns (the fruit of Qiiercus robur). [B, 180 (a, 24).] I. a cut an gula. A species used, like 7. paraguaiensis, for making mate. [" Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.," x (a, 14).] I. amara. A species found in Paraguay, and used like 7. paraguaiensis. [" Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.," x (a, 14).] I. aquifolia, I. a qui folium [Linnaeus]. Fr., houxILEX AQUIFOLIA. (A, 327.) commun, agrefous, agrifous, agrion, bois franc, epine de Christ (ou toujours verte), grand pardon, greou. hou on, meslier epineux. Ger., gemeine Hiilsen, Stechpalme, Christdorn, Stecheiche. 1. Christmas (or European, or common) holly, holm, a shrub (sometimes a tree) from the inner bark of which bird-lime is extracted. The leaves contain ilixanthin, and were formerly used as a diaphoretic, and lately in intermittent fevers, their febrifuge quality depending on the ilicin they contain. In Corsica the seeds are used as a substitute for coffee. [B, 5. 34, 173, 180 (a, 24).] 2. Of Walter, see 7. opaca. I. ca ena, I. ca ine. Fr., houx purgatif (ou a pal a chine, ou vomit if). 1. Of Walter and Aiton, ca ena tea, the U, blue; Us, lull; U4, full; UB, uru; U, like Q (German). [s. 433]