- Ilex, genus Ilex - a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies)
--1 is a kind of dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus
--1 is a member of Aquifoliaceae, family Aquifoliaceae, holly family
--1 has members: holly; Chinese holly, Ilex cornuta