PHILLYREA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phillyrea mean? 

• PHILLYREA (noun)
  The noun PHILLYREA has 1 sense:

1. small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region

  Familiarity information: PHILLYREA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHILLYREA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Phillyrea; Phillyrea

Hypernyms ("Phillyrea" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Phillyrea"):

mock privet (evergreen shrub with white flowers and olivelike fruits)

Holonyms ("Phillyrea" is a member of...):

family Oleaceae; Oleaceae; olive family (trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac)