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Meaning of OLEASTER

Pronunciation:  `owlee'astur

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits
 

OLEASTER is a 8 letter word that starts with O.

 

 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
 
 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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