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Meaning of OLEACEOUS

Pronunciation:  `owlee'eyshus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees or shrubs of the olive family
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\O`le*a"ceous\, a. [L. ol['e]aceus of the olive tree.]
(Bot.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants
({Oleace[ae]}), mostly trees and shrubs, of which the olive
is the type. It includes also the ash, the lilac, the true
jasmine, and fringe tree.
 

 

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