Definition of Oleales

1. Noun. Coextensive with the family Oleaceae; in some classifications included in the order Gentianales.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Oleales

Old World robin
Old World scops owl
Old World vulture
Old World warbler
Old World yew
Old world white pelican
Oldenberg
Oldfield
Oldham
Oldsmobile
Olduvai Gorge
Olea cunninghamii
Olea europaea
Olea lanceolata
Oleaceae
Oleales
Oleandra
Oleandra mollis
Oleandra neriiformis
Oleandraceae
Olearia
Olearia argophylla
Olearia haastii
Olene
Olfersia
Olfersia cervina
Olga
Olga Korbut
Oligocene
Oligocene epoch

Literary usage of Oleales

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

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"The family Oleaceae, sometimes considered as an order, the oleales, contains 21 genera and about 40x3 existing species. There are three small genera ..."

2. Therapeutics: its principles and practice by Horatio C. Wood (1906)
"These are the so-called empyreumatic oils. OLEATA. — oleales are solutions of definite principles in oleic acid. ..."

3. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1874)
"65 178 Dr. PA, on treatment of retention in impermeable Oleate of mercury, Dr. Cane on its use in ringworm ... 68 182 oleales of mercury and morphia in the ..."

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