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Ilex cornuta

Ilex cornuta

9.4
An evergreen shrub from China with spiny leaves and red berries
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • Many landscapers recommend Ilex cornuta for its hardy nature and attractive foliage.

Examples

  • The Ilex cornuta in our garden produces bright red berries every winter.

  • Botanists admire the distinctive spiny leaves of Ilex cornuta when identifying shrubs.

  • The Ilex cornuta is a popular choice for hedges.

  • Many gardeners prefer Ilex cornuta for its dense foliage.

  • Many landscapers recommend Ilex cornuta for its hardy nature and attractive foliage.

  • The Ilex cornuta in our garden produces bright red berries every winter.

  • Botanists admire the distinctive spiny leaves of Ilex cornuta when identifying shrubs.

Synonyms

Chinese holly
vsIlex cornuta
7.0

A dense rounded bush with spiny leaves often grown in gardens

is the same but uses the scientific binomial form

Surface Forms

Ilex cornuta singular
Ilex cornutas plural

Morphology

Ilex + cornuta

This is a Latin binomial species name: while 'Ilex' may be recognizable as the holly genus, the epithet 'cornuta' is not a common English word (and is marked '[Word not found in dictionary]'), and species names function as fixed labels rather than descriptive phrases for most learners. A B1 learner who knows the listed constituents would not be able to derive the descriptive meaning 'a dense, rounded evergreen shrub with spiny leaves' from these parts alone, so the expression is not transparently compositional.

Etymology

Ilex cornuta comes from Latin words: Ilex was the old name for holly and cornuta means 'horned' because the leaves have sharp, horn-like points. That's why gardeners use this name for the evergreen bush with spiny leaves and bright red berries.