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Definition of Phillyrea
1. Noun. Small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Oleaceae, Oleaceae, Olive Family
Member holonyms: Mock Privet
Definition of Phillyrea
1. n. A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive.
Definition of Phillyrea
1. Noun. (botany) Any of the genus ''Phillyrea'' of evergreen plants with an olive-like fruit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Phillyrea
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Phillyrea
Literary usage of Phillyrea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"phillyrea, Mock-privet. The Characters are ; Tht Leaves grow by Pain ...
phillyrea with a longer Leaf, which is deeply crenated. Hort. The true phillyrea ..."
2. Hortus Kewensis: Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1789)
"Box-leav'd phillyrea. Nat. of the South of Europe. Cult. ... phillyrea IV. Cluf.
biß. lp 52. fig. Common narrow-leav'd phillyrea. ß foliis ..."
3. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1735)
"phillyrea; Mock-Privet. The Char/tilers are ; The Leaves ... phillyrea i vulgo.
8. phillyrea ; latifolia Uiis, foliis ex lúteo ..."
4. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"Loddiges, lately railed from seeds received from Kamann, in the Himalayas, appear
to belong to this genus. GENUS JI. PHILLY'REA Tourn. TUB phillyrea. Lin. ..."
5. A dictionary of the Spanish and English languages, orig. compiled by Neuman by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marc' Antonio Baretti (1862)
"phillyrea angustifolia, L. Fi/irra mediana, Twiggy phillyrea. ... phillyrea
ilicifolia,/r. Filis, t/. 1. Grace, a graceful manner of doing or saying any ..."
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