1597 J. Gerard iii. liv. 1209 Cyprus is a kinde of Priuet, and is called Phillyrea, which name all the sorts or kindes thereof do retaine.
1629 J. Parkinson cxxv. 445 Ligustrum. Primme or Priuet..There is great controuersie among the moderne Writers concerning this plant, some taking it..to be Phillyrea of Dioscorides.
c1665 Lady Mary Warwick in C. Fell-Smith (1901) 325 Upon the phyllerea hedge that grew before the great parlour door.
a1678 T. Hanmer (1933) 134 Celastrus and Alaternus and Macaleb are conceav'd to bee..Phyllyraeas.
1691 J. Gibson in 12 188 In his garden he has four large round philareas, smooth clipped.
1699 M. Lister (new ed.) 210 Lentiscus's and Phylarea's in as great abundance, as Hazel or Thorn with us.
1706 J. Gardiner tr. R. Rapin ii. 89 Line The Walls with Phylyrea fresh and fine.
c1710 C. Fiennes (1888) 71 Cut box and ffilleroy and Lawrell.
1720 J. Strype (rev. ed.) I. i. xx. 109/1 Against the Stone Walls are planted Philereys.
1747 J. Wesley 103 Gargle often with Phyllyrea leaves boil'd with a little Allum.
1748 S. Richardson III. xx. 125 The rushing of a little dog..thro' the phyllirea-hedge.
1764 J. Woodhouse 117 So here, the bright-streak'd phillyreas between.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau xvi. 213 This shrub [sc. Alaternus] is frequently confounded with Philyrea, from which it may be known at all times by the position of the leaves.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore II. 876/1 Phillyrea, evergreen shrubs and trees introduced from the shores of the Mediterranean.
1879 49 170 Here we remarked the Terebinth, the Myrtle, the Arbutus, and the Arum; the Phillyrea..and the..wild olive.
1921 11 512 The most important forms of the maquis here are..juniper, Phillyrea, and broom.
1976 S. M. Gault 177/2 Lance-leaf phillyrea... An evergreen shrub wider than its height and with attractive, narrow dark shiny leaves.
1986 24 Aug. 37/1 Out of..these came..the parterre, giving us two centuries of garden pattern-making..in clipped yew, phillyrea, santolina, thyme and rosemary.
2001 9 Dec. (Life Suppl.) 84/2 I find it interesting that other ‘greens’ include laurustinus, sassafras, pyracantha, phillyrea,..oleander and Erythrina.