Phillyrea

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Phillyrea
       n : small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region
           [syn: {genus Phillyrea}]