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Small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region
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phillyrea
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Phillyrea \Phil*lyr"e*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?.] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive.
Wiktionary
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n. (context botany English) Any of the genus (taxlink Phillyrea genus) of evergreen plants with an olive-like fruit.
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Phillyrea is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae , native to the Mediterranean region , and naturalized in the Canary Islands and Madeira . They are evergreen shrubs or small trees growing to 3–9 m tall, related to Ligustrum ...