An olive plant of the wild variety Olea europaea var. oleaster, with more or less spiny branches and small inedible fruit. Also called wild olive.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > olive tree > types of (11) oleastereOE An olive plant of the wild variety Olea europaea var. oleaster, with more or less spiny branches and small inedible fruit. Also called wild olive. olive treea1398 = olive, n.1 1b. Chiefly with modifying word. wild olive1577 (a) = oleaster, n. 1; (b) = oleaster, n. 2; (c) any of various other shrubs or trees allied to or resembling the olive, including the South African… olive1629 Any of various other plants of the genus Olea. Also: any of various trees and shrubs allied to the olive or resembling it in appearance or in… olive bark1668 the black olive, Bucida buceras (family Combretaceae), with an olive-like fruit and bark used for tanning. black olive1756 (a) the fruit of the olive tree, Olea europaea, when ripe and purple-black; cf. olive, n.1 2a; (b) a tropical American tree, Bucida buceras (family Co… manzanilla1891 A variety of olive, distinguished by small thin-skinned fruit. Subcategories:— oleasters (4) |
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