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Ile vs Ilex - What's the difference?

ile | ilex |

As nouns the difference between ile and ilex

is that ile is island while ilex is holm oak (quercus ilex ).

ile

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m).

Noun

(head)
  • (obsolete) Ear of corn.
    • (Ainsworth)

    Etymology 2

    See aisle.

    Noun

    (head)
  • (obsolete) An aisle.

    • Etymology 3

    See isle

    Noun

    (head)
  • (obsolete) An isle.
    • (Geoffrey Chaucer)

    Etymology 4

    See I'll

    Contraction

    (head)
  • (archaic) I’ll; contraction for I will or I shall
  • * "Why then Ile fit you." — T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land

    • Anagrams

    * * * English terms with multiple etymologies ----

    ilex

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • holm oak (Quercus ilex )
  • Any of the numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Ilex

    • See also

    * ("ilex" on Wikipedia) * ("ilex" species on Wikimedia) ----