English Explanatory Dictionary

wild olive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
  2. Bontia daphnoides (family Scrophulariaceae; bastard olive)
  3. Several species in the genus Elaeagnus (family Elaeagnaceae)
  4. Elaeagnus angustifolia (silver berry, oleaster, Persian olive)
  5. Elaeagnus latifolia (oleaster)
  6. Halesia carolina (family Styracaceae; Carolina silverbell, little silverbell)
  7. Nyssa aquatica, an American swamp-growing tree (family Cornaceae; water tupelo)
  8. Subspecies of Olea europea, which includes the cultivated olive (family Oleaceae)
  9. Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata
  10. Olea europaea subsp. europaea (syn. Olea oleaster)
  11. Cartrema americana (syn. Osmanthus americanus; devilwood, American olive; family Elaeagnaceae)

Word forms

wild olive wild olives

Translations

Arabic: زَنْبُوج Greek: αγρελιά Ancient Greek: ἄγριππος Ancient Greek: κότῐνος Italian: olivastro Italian: oleastro Kabyle: aẓebbuj Latin: oleaster Polish: oliwka europejska Polish: oliwka uprawna Polish: oliwnik europejski Polish: drzewo oliwne Portuguese: zambujeira Portuguese: zambujo Portuguese: azambujo Sicilian: agghiastru Spanish: acebuche
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