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noun
Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
Bontia daphnoides (family Scrophulariaceae; bastard olive)
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noun
Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
Several species in the genus Elaeagnus (family Elaeagnaceae)
Elaeagnus angustifolia (silver berry, oleaster, Persian olive)
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noun
Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
Several species in the genus Elaeagnus (family Elaeagnaceae)
Elaeagnus latifolia (oleaster)
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noun
Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
Halesia carolina (family Styracaceae; Carolina silverbell, little silverbell)
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noun
Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
Nyssa aquatica, an American swamp-growing tree (family Cornaceae; water tupelo)
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noun
Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
Subspecies of Olea europea, which includes the cultivated olive (family Oleaceae)
Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata
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noun
Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
Subspecies of Olea europea, which includes the cultivated olive (family Oleaceae)
Olea europaea subsp. europaea (syn. Olea oleaster)
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noun
Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
Cartrema americana (syn. Osmanthus americanus; devilwood, American olive; family Elaeagnaceae)
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noun
erect shrub or climber of India and China with red olivelike fruit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Elaeagnus latifolia
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Broader terms: oleaster
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