Definition of California olive

1. Noun. Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood.


Lexicographical Neighbors of California Olive

California dewberry
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California false morel
California fern
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California fuchsia
California holly
California lady's slipper
California laurel
California laurels
California live oak
California newt
California nutmeg
California olive (current term)
California pitcher plant
California pompano
California poppies
California poppy
California privet
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California quail
California redbud
California redwood
California roll
California rolls
California romero
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Literary usage of California olive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Wilhelm Miller, Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"California olive«, showing one method of pruning. crushed pulp is pressed in special mats made of esparto grass, holding about twenty-five pounds each; ..."

2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1892)
"This prejudice forms another obstacle in the path of California olive growers, that only the education of the people can remove. When it becomes known how ..."

3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1912)
"He had lost faith in the future of the California olive. Today, thanks to the efforts of the pioneer firms whose persistent propaganda acquainted the ..."

4. Tariff Schedules: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of by Oscar Wilder Underwood (1913)
"As a matter of fact, California olive oil sells at a much higher price than imported oil of a better quality, therefore I think it should be established ..."

5. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1893)
"California olive Industry: Proceedings of the Olive Growers* Convention, held under the auspices of the State Board of Horticulture, at San Francisco, ..."

6. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1894)
"For a lubricant I use California olive oil—pure. I am safe in saying that all imported olive oil is adulterated with cotton seed oil to the extent of at ..."

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