noun
small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits
• Syn: ↑American olive, ↑Osmanthus americanus
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Osmanthus, ↑genus Osmanthus
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ nounEtymology: probably so called from the fact that it is very hard to cut or split
: a small tree (Osmanthus americanus) of the southern United States that is related to the olive and has whitish bark and panicles of dull white flowers which are succeeded by dark purple fruits — called also American olive
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/dev"euhl wood'/, n.
a small olive tree, Osmanthus americanus, of the U.S., yielding a hard wood.
[1810-20; DEVIL + WOOD1]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.