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Definition of Olive tree
1. Noun. A tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit.
Terms within: Olive
Specialized synonyms: European Olive Tree, Olea Europaea, Olive, Black Maire, Olea Cunninghamii, Olea Lanceolata, White Maire
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Definition of Olive tree
1. Noun. An evergreen tree, ''Olea europaea'', that produces olives as fruit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Olive Tree
Literary usage of Olive tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"Box-leaved European Olive-tree ; Olivier à feuilles de buis, of the French, with
oblong-ovate leaves, and divaricate branches. 6. ..."
2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1890)
"Reddish olive tree. Olea colombaro.—A tree of middling size; it fears the frost;
prefers a stony soil ... Pointed olive tree, known in France by the name of ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1832)
"Gum-resin of the olive tree. ... of Sebenico, states, that the gum-resin of the
olive tree possesses purgative and tonic properties, and that he has used it ..."
4. Biennial Report by South Dakota, California State Board of Horticulture, State Athletic Commission (1890)
"The olive tree is essentially the tree of warm climates (it is said to originate
... It is the greatest calamity that can befall an olive tree, for it takes ..."
5. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1867)
"Behold an olive tree, its roots striking deep into the soil, its branches spreading
luxuriantly ! For certain reasons some of the branches are cut off; ..."
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