phillyrea

See also: Phillyrea

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

phillyrea (plural phillyreas)

  1. (botany) Any of the genus Phillyrea of evergreen plants with an olive-like fruit, native to the Mediterranean.

Further reading

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for phillyrea in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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