PHILLYREA

Meaning of PHILLYREA in English

fə̇ˈlirēə noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek philyrea mock privet

: a genus of evergreen shrubs (family Oleaceae) of the Mediterranean region with small greenish white flowers and fruit resembling olives

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PHILLYREA — (n.) A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of …
Английский словарь Webster
PHILLYREA — ( n. ) A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PHILLYREA — noun a genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of …
Webster English vocab
PRIVET — Any of about 40–50 species of shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum of the olive family that are …
Английский словарь Британика
PHILLYRIN — (n.) A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter white crystalline substance. It is sometimes used as a febrifuge.
Английский словарь Webster
PHILLYRIN — ( n. ) A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter white crystalline substance. It is sometimes used as a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PHILLYRIN — noun a glucoside extracted from phillyrea as a bitter white crystalline substance. it is sometimes used as a febrifuge.
Webster English vocab
MOCK PRIVET — any shrub or small tree of the genus Phillyrea in the olive family, Oleaceae. The four species of mock privet, …
Britannica English vocabulary
OLEACEAE — the olive family, belonging to the order Scrophulariales and named for the economically important olive tree (species Olea europaea). A …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRIVET — n. Any of about 4050 species of shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum of the olive family that …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOCK-PRIVET — каменная липа, филирея (Phillyrea)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
MOCK-PRIVET — каменная липа, филирея ( Phillyrea )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
ФИЛИРЕЯ — (Phillyrea) mock-privet
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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