noun
trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac
• Syn: ↑Oleaceae, ↑family Oleaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Gentianales, ↑order Gentianales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Olea, ↑genus Olea, ↑Chionanthus, ↑genus Chionanthus, ↑genus Forestiera, ↑genus Forsythia, ↑Fraxinus, ↑genus Fraxinus, ↑Jasminum, ↑genus Jasminum, ↑Ligustrum, ↑genus Ligustrum, ↑Osmanthus, ↑genus Osmanthus, ↑Phillyrea, ↑genus Phillyrea, ↑Syringa, ↑genus Syringa
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noun : oleaceae
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the plant family Oleaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having opposite, simple or pinnately compound leaves, usually small and sometimes showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or winged seed, and including the ash, forsythia, lilac, olive, and privet.
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olive family,
a group of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs, native to warm and temperate regions. The family includes the olive, ash, jasmine, lilac, forsythia, and fringe tree.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.