olive family

olive family
the plant family Oleaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having opposite, simple or pinnately compound leaves, usually small and sometimes showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or winged seed, and including the ash, forsythia, lilac, olive, and privet.

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  • olive family — noun trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac • Syn: ↑Oleaceae, ↑family Oleaceae • Derivationally related forms: ↑oleaceous (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • olive family — Oleaceae Oleaceae prop. n. A natural family of trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; the {olive family}; sometimes placed in the order {Oleales}; it includes the olive; ash; jasmine; privet; and lilac. Syn: family… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • olive — [äl′iv] n. [OFr < L oliva < Gr elaia] 1. a) an evergreen tree (Olea europaea) of the olive family, native to S Europe and the Near East, with leathery leaves, yellow flowers, and an edible fruit b) the small, oval fruit of this tree, eaten… …   English World dictionary

  • olive — /ol iv/, n. 1. an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, of Mediterranean and other warm regions, cultivated chiefly for its fruit. Cf. olive family. 2. the fruit of this tree, a small oval drupe, eaten as a relish and used as a source of oil. 3. Also… …   Universalium

  • Olive — /ol iv/, n. a female given name. * * * Subtropical, broad leaved tree (Olea europaea) or its edible fruit. The olive was being grown on the island of Crete с 3500 BC, and Semitic peoples apparently were cultivating it as early as 3000 BC. Its… …   Universalium

  • olive — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin oliva, from Greek elaia Date: 13th century 1. a. a Mediterranean evergreen tree (Olea europaea of the family Oleaceae, the olive family) cultivated for its drupaceous fruit that is… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • olive — 1. SYN: oliva. 2. Common name for a tree of the genus Olea (family Oleaceae) or its fruit. [L. oliva] inferior o. SYN: oliva. superior o. SYN: dorsal nucleus of trapezoid body. * * * ol·ive äl iv, əv …   Medical dictionary

  • family Oleaceae — noun trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac • Syn: ↑Oleaceae, ↑olive family • Derivationally related forms: ↑oleaceous (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Olive Kitteridge —   …   Wikipedia

  • Olive Thomas — Born Oliva R. Duffy October 20, 1894(1894 10 20) Charleroi, Pennsylvania, U.S. Died September 10, 1920 …   Wikipedia

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