The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Phillyrea \Phil*lyr"e*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?.] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and bearing a fruit resembling that of the olive. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Phillyrea n 1: small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region [syn: Phillyrea, genus Phillyrea]