What is "philyra"

Philyra (: , " linden-tree") is the name of three distinct characters in Greek mythology.

Philyra is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841. It contains only one known species, Philyra brasiliensis, native to Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina.

Philyra may refer to:

• Philyra (mythology), a nymph in Greek mythology
• Philyra (crustacean), a type of decapod
• Philyra (plant), a flowering plant of the spurge family
• Philyra (EP), an EP by the Mountain Goats

Philyra is a 7" record by the Mountain Goats on the Theme Park Records label. The back cover of the sleeve features a lengthy quotation from Horace: Montium, custos nemorumque, Virgo, quae laborantes utero puellas ter vocata audis adimisque leto, dive triformis, imminens villae tua pinus esto, quam per exactos ego laetus annos verris obliquum meditantis ictum sanguine donem. -- Horace Carmina III:XXII The songs on this EP were reissued as part of the Protein Source of the Future...Now! compilation.