noun
evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits
• Syn: ↑genus Olea
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Oleaceae, ↑family Oleaceae, ↑olive family
• Member Meronyms:
↑olive tree, ↑olive, ↑European olive tree, ↑Olea europaea, ↑black maire, ↑Olea cunninghamii, ↑white maire, ↑Olea lanceolata
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I. \\ˈōlēə\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a genus (the type of the family Oleaceae) of trees or shrubs having simple entire leaves, axillary flowers with induplicate calyx lobes, and oily drupaceous fruit — see maire, olive
II.
plural of oleum
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Olea /ōˈli-ə/
noun
The olive genus, giving name to the family Oleāˈceae, including ash, privet and jasmine
ORIGIN: L olea olive
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oleāˈceous adjective
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oleaUseful english dictionary. 2012.