Meaning of OLEASTER
| Pronunciation: | | `owlee'astur
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits |
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| | See Also: | | bush, Elaeagnus, Elaeagnus augustifolia, Elaeagnus commutata, Elaeagnus latifolia, genus Elaeagnus, Russian olive, shrub, silver berry, silverberry, silverbush, wild olive | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \O`le*as"ter\, n. [L., fr. olea olive tree. See
{Olive}, {Oil}.] (Bot.)
(a) The wild olive tree ({Olea Europea}, var. sylvestris).
(b) Any species of the genus {El[ae]agus}. See {Eleagnus}.
The small silvery berries of the common species
({El[ae]agnus hortensis}) are called {Trebizond dates},
and are made into cakes by the Arabs.
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