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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,
2. 2
   any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits wordnet
3. 3
   A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,; especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus,
4. 4
   A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,; especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus,; especially, the type species Elaeagnus angustifolia.
5. 5
   Cultivated olive trees that have re-naturalized, sometimes treated as a species Olea oleaster, the wild olive.

Synonyms

All synonyms

russian olivesilverberrysilverberry

Etymology

From Middle English oliaster, olyaster, from Latin oleaster.

Related phrases

oil tree

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