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oleaster |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Oleaster \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: oleaster n : any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits
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