aquifolius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ăquĭfŏlĭus, a, um, adj. [2. acus-folium, like antiquus from anticus, aquipenser from acipenser],

having pointed leaves; hence, aquifolia ilex, or absol. : ăquĭfŏ-lĭa , ae, f., or ăquĭfŏlĭum , ii, n., the holly-tree , or the scarlet holm : ilex aquifolium, Linn.; Plin. 16, 8, 12, § 32; 16, 18, 30, § 73, 16, 43, 84, § 230.—And adj.: vectes aquifolii, made of holly-wood , Cato R. R. 31.