[12/25] 홀리 [호랑가시나무, holly; Ilex]

[12/25] 홀리 [호랑가시나무, holly; Ilex]

학명(學名, binomial name): Ilex
이명: 호랑가시나무, holly
계(界, Kingdom): 식물계(Plantae)
문(門, Division): 속씨식물문, 현화식물문(Magnoliophyta), 피자식물문(Angiospermae)
강(綱, Class): 쌍떡잎식물강, 쌍자엽식물강(Dicotyledoneae)
목(目, Order): 노박덩굴목(Celastrales) 
과(科, Family): 감탕나무과(Aquifoliaceae)
속(屬, Genus):  감탕나무속(Ilex)
종(種, Species): 호랑가시나무(Ilex cornuta) 등 480여종
개화: 4월~5월; 백색

꽃말: 가정의 행복(domestic happiness), 평화(peace); 다정함(sweetness), 자부심(self-esteem), 자만심(vanity); 선견지명(foresight)

감탕나무과 호랑가시나무류에 속하는 식물의 총칭.

오래 전부터 크리스마스를 장식하기 위해 활용해왔으며, 시간이 지나면서 가시는 예수의 가시관의 가시, 빨간 열매는 예수가 흘린 핏방울에 비유하기도 합니다.

Image: Ilex aquifolium [English holly, 영국호랑가시나무] | CC-PD | Date: 15 October 2011 | Author: Jebulon | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain (CC-PD) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ilex_aquifolium_L._JdP.jpg

Image: Ilex cornuta [Chinese holly, horned holly, 호랑가시나무] | CC-PD | Date: 1854 | Author: Lemaire, Charles Antoine | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain (CC-PD) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L%27Illustration_horticole_(Plate_010).jpg

Image: Ilex opaca [American holly, 미국호랑가시나무] | CC-PD | Date: 1819 | Author: François André Michaux (book author), Augustus Lucas Hillhouse (translator), iii (illustrator), eee (engraver) | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain (CC-PD) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NAS-084_Ilex_opaca.png

File:NAS-084 Ilex opaca.png - Wikimedia Commons