oleaster

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Any of various small trees or shrubs of the family Elaeagnaceae, having olivelike fruit and silvery or brown scales on the stems and leaves, especially one of the genus Elaeagnus, such as Russian olive or silverberry.

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The true wild olive, Olea Oleaster.

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Any plant of the genus Elæagnus, especially E. angustifolia, also called wild olive.

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The wild olive tree (Olea Europea, var. sylvestris).

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Any species of the genus Elæagus. See eleagnus. The small silvery berries of the common species (Elæagnus hortensis) are called Trebizond dates, and are made into cakes by the Arabs.

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A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,

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Cultivated olive trees that have re-naturalized, sometimes treated as a species Olea oleaster, the wild olive.

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any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits