About The Word Oleaster
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Oleaster
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What's The Definition Of Oleaster?
[n] any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits
Synonyms | Synonyms for Oleaster: Related Terms | Find terms related to Oleaster: See Also | bush | Elaeagnus | Elaeagnus augustifolia | Elaeagnus commutata | Elaeagnus latifolia | genus Elaeagnus | Russian olive | shrub | silver berry | silverberry | silverbush | wild olive Oleaster In Webster's Dictionary \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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