Oleaster
noun
noun ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,
- 2 any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits wordnet
- 3 A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,; especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus,
- 4 A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,; especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus,; especially, the type species Elaeagnus angustifolia.
- 5 Cultivated olive trees that have re-naturalized, sometimes treated as a species Olea oleaster, the wild olive.
Etymology
From Middle English oliaster, olyaster, from Latin oleaster.