(n.) A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species (Ilex Aguifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas.
(n.) The holm oak. See 1st Holm.
Example Sentences:
(1) At the weekend the couple’s daughter, Holly Graham, 29, expressed frustration at the lack of information coming from the Foreign Office and the tour operator that her parents travelled with.
(2) Holly Combe, a member of Feminists Against Censorship , shares these concerns.
(3) His story - which he was led through on Monday by his lawyer - is that he was outside his house cleaning Sadie, his dog, when the girls came down the road; that he took Holly and Jessica into his house because Holly had a nosebleed; took them upstairs into the bathroom where Holly sat on the edge of the full bath and he gave her tissues to staunch it; took Holly into his bedroom, to sit on the bed while Jessica used the toilet, took Holly back into the bathroom where she could finish cleaning up her nosebleed; accidentally slipped beside Holly and the full bath, and heard a splash; froze in panic; placed his hand over Jessica's mouth because she was screaming, 'You pushed her'.
(4) Lerner is now more detached from the club than ever and in January appointed Steve Hollis as chairman after admitting Villa have “not been on a stable footing for at least five years”.
(5) The butandioldehydrogenase was examined in 153 strains of Eikenella, Moraxella, Acinetobacter, Agrobacterium, Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Pasteurella, Cardiobacterium and "TM-1" of Hollis et al.
(6) More from Behind the joke • James Acaster: 'Normal people perv solo' • Phil Wang: impossibly wise or offensively stupid • Holly Walsh: 'I build my comedy block-by-block like Lego'
(7) Paul Dryhurst, a relative, said she had been in the arena with her sister Claire Booth, 34 and Claire’s daughter Hollie, 11.
(8) He took Jessica's mobile out of her pocket; he carried their bodies down the stairs and, after checking no one was around, bundled them into the cramped boot of his car, bending their legs to fit them in; he collected petrol and bin bags (to protect his feet and thus conceal evidence); he drove to Lakenheath and found a lonely track; he got out where the vegetation grew thickly and he rolled the two girls down into the ditch; he climbed into the ditch and cut off their clothing - their red football shirts and their tracksuit trousers, their knickers, Holly's black bra which she and her mother had bought the day before - and then he poured petrol over their bodies and threw on a match.
(9) Words included in this title include mistletoe, gerbil, acorn, goldfish, guinea pig, dandelion, starling, fern, willow, conifer, heather, buttercup, sycamore, holly, ivy, and conker.
(10) I would like to thank every worker out there who stood up for themselves and their families in asking for $15 per hour,” said Holly Dias, a Burger King worker who spoke at the press conference.
(11) In his recent autobiography, Wild Tales , Graham Nash – of the Hollies and Crosby Stills & Nash – recalled the effect the song had on him when he heard it at a school dance in Salford: "It was like the opening of a giant door in my soul, the striking of a chord... from which I've never recovered … From the time when I first heard the Everly Brothers, I knew I wanted to make music that affected people the way the Everlys affected me."
(12) The American owner has confirmed Hollis, a former deputy chairman of Birmingham Metropolitan College, as his replacement at Villa Park.
(13) Holly Branson, daughter of the tycoon Richard – whose company Virgin sponsors the race – was at the finish line waiting to give Lomas the Virgin trophy for endurance.
(14) The isolate seems identical to the lactose positive (L+) Vibrio described by HOLLIS et al.
(15) 1984: Virgin Atlantic Airways formed; 1986: Virgin Group floats on stock market (bought back two years later); 1987: Branson crosses Atlantic in balloon; 1998: Branson invests in railways; 1999 he launches Virgin Mobile and is knighted; 2000: he fails to win National Lottery bid Family: Wife Joan, children Holly, 21, and Sam, 16 Hobbies: Ballooning, sailing and the occasional publicity stunt.
(16) No dental fluorosis was observed in deer collected at Medway Plantation, but mild dental fluorosis was observed in a significant number of deer collected at Mount Holly Plantation.
(17) The smelter was located on Mount Holly Plantation in South Carolina, and concentrations of skeletal fluoride in the deer collected at Mount Holly increased approximately five-fold 3 yr after the operation began.
(18) The snowman's quest is accompanied by a fey, irritating cover version of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's The Power of Love , in which Holly Johnson is replaced by a breathy chanteuse whimpering at the piano like a dog that needs taking for a walk.
(19) Holly qualified as a doctor, and now works in the Virgin empire, and Sam is working on this documentary.
(20) The 36-year-old was taken for treatment after he was attacked at Frankland prison in County Durham, where he is serving two life sentences for murdering schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.
Ilex
Definition:
(n.) The holm oak (Quercus Ilex).
(n.) A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, including the common holly.
Example Sentences:
(1) In Amazonian Peru and Ecuador leaf decoctions of the rainforest holly Ilex guayusa with high caffeine concentrations are used as a morning stimulant.
(2) A Havant council spokesman said the mini-tornado is believed to have caused damage to properties in Blackthorn Road and Ilex Walk, although no injuries had been reported.
(3) The antimicrobial activities of seven Epicoccum purpurascens strains isolated either from evergreen oak leaves (Quercus ilex) collected over a period of one year, or from the atmosphere were compared in vitro.
(4) Point estimates of relative risk associated with smoking variables, ingestion of infusions of the herb Ilex paraguariensis (maté), and selected dietary items were obtained by stratified and logistic regression analysis.
(5) The polyphenols are part of the composition of many foods, it is known the inhibitory effect of tea and coffee through the tannins on iron intestinal absorption; the "yerba mate" (Ilex Paraguarensis) is a beverage widely used in South America, that has a high content of a polyphenol named chlorogenic acid.
(6) Treatment for 28 days with preparations of burdock (Arctium lappa), cashew (Anacardium occidentale), dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), elder (Sambucus nigra), fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum), guayusa (Ilex guayusa), hop (Humulus lupulus), nettle (Urtica dioica), cultivated mushroom (Agaricus bisporus), periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus), sage (Salvia officinale), and wild carrot (Daucus carrota) did not affect the parameters of glucose homeostasis examined in normal mice (basal plasma glucose and insulin, glucose tolerance, insulin-induced hypoglycaemia and glycated haemoglobin).
(7) Ilexonin A is an effective compound isolated from Ilex pubescens Hook.
(8) In previous tests, sugars were detected in P.ariasi after their exposure to aphid-infested oak (Quercus ilex L.), but not when P.ariasi females were exposed to washed oak leaves without aphids.
(9) Point estimates of RR associated with smoking variables, alcohol variables, nutritional items and ingestion of hot infusions of the herb Ilex paraguariensis ('Mate') were obtained by logistic regression analysis.
(10) Maté drinking, a hot infusion of Ilex paraguayensis commonly drunk in parts of South America, has been associated with increased risks of upper digestive cancers.
(11) A literature survey on chemical constituents of Ilex species is given.
(12) We isolated the gene for tRNA(2Ile) (ileX) and found that the anticodon is CAT, which is characteristic of the methionine tRNA gene.
(13) About two-thirds of flies caged with oak (Quercus ilex L.) infested with an aphid [Lachnus roboris (L.)] and about a fifth kept with leaves of the french bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) infested with an aphid took honeydew.
(14) A case-control study was undertaken to ascertain the possible association of the local custom of drinking infusions of Ilex paraguariensis ("maté") with cancer of the esophagus, after controlling for well-known risk factors, such as alcohol and tobacco consumption.