phillyrea

2 definitions found

phillyrea - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Phillyrea \Phil*lyr"e*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?.] (Bot.)
     A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the
     Mediterranean, and bearing a fruit resembling that of the
     olive.
     [1913 Webster]

phillyrea - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Phillyrea
      n 1: small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region
           [syn: Phillyrea, genus Phillyrea]