genus phillyrea

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   small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region

   SynonymsPhillyrea

   Broaderdicot genus

   Part ofOleaceae

Questions about genus phillyrea

What does genus phillyrea mean?

genus phillyrea means "small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region".

What is another word for genus phillyrea?

Close synonyms include Phillyrea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus phillyrea a common word?

genus phillyrea is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.