wild olive

noun

erect shrub or climber of India and China with red olivelike fruit

• Syn: ↑Elaeagnus latifolia

• Hypernyms: ↑oleaster

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noun

1. : oleaster 2

2. : any of various trees that resemble the olive or have fruits resembling its fruit: as

a. : tupelo 1

b. : silver bell

c. : devilwood

d. : mastic bully

e. : oleaster 1; also : any of several related shrubs and trees

f. : java almond

g. : mountain plum

h.

(1) : an Indian tree (Elaeocarpus serratus) with a lightweight streaked grayish wood

(2) : a tree (Putranjiva roxburghii) of the family Euphorbiaceae of southeastern Asia with leaves and fruits used in folk medicine

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any tree resembling the olive in structure or fruit.

[1800-10]

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wild olive noun

The oleaster (qv)

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Main Entry: ↑wild

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wild olive,

1. any one of various trees resembling the olive or bearing similar fruit.

2. the wild variety of the cultivated olive, having more or less thorny branches and small, worthless fruit; oleaster.