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phillyrea
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun phillyrea has 1 sense
- phillyrea(n = noun.plant) genus phillyrea - small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region; Array is a kind of dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus
is a member of family oleaceae, oleaceae, olive family
CIDE DICTIONARY
phillyrea, n. [NL., fr. Gr. , .].
A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive. [1913 Webster]
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