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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.
Generic synonyms: Laurel
Group relationships: Genus Umbellularia, Umbellularia
Lexicographical Neighbors of California Olive
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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