English Explanatory Dictionary

oleaster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,
  2. especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus,
  3. especially, the type species Elaeagnus angustifolia.
  4. Cultivated olive trees that have re-naturalized, sometimes treated as a species Olea oleaster, the wild olive.

Word forms

oleaster oleasters

Etymology

From Middle English oliaster, olyaster, from Latin oleaster.

Synonyms

silverberry Russian olive

Related words

oil-tree

Translations

Arabic: زَيْزَفُون Arabic: خِلَاف Aramaic: no classical term is known Armenian: փշատ Armenian: փշատենի Armenian: փշատի Azerbaijani: iydə Bulgarian: миризлива върба Catalan: cínamom Chinese Mandarin: 沙棗 /沙枣 Finnish: idänhopeapensas Finnish: hopeapensas Finnish: hopeapensaskasvi French: chalef Georgian: ფშატი German: Ölweide Greek: μοσχοϊτιά Greek: ελαίαγνος Greek: τζιτζιφιά Hebrew: עֵץ שֶׁמֶן Italian: eleagno Japanese: グミ Kalmyk: җигд Kazakh: жиде Northern Kurdish: gûsinc Northern Kurdish: sinc Nogai: ийдершик Pashto: سنځله Persian: سنجد Polish: oliwnik Portuguese: oleastro Portuguese: olivastro Russian: лох Russian: лохови́на Russian: лохо́вник Russian: пшат Russian: джида Turkish: iğde Turkmen: igde
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