wild olive
English
Noun
wild olive (plural wild olives)
- Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families only very distantly related.
- Bontia daphnoides (family Scrophulariaceae; bastard olive)
- Several species in the genus Elaeagnus (family Elaeagnaceae), particularly:
- Elaeagnus angustifolia (silver berry, oleaster, Persian olive)
- Elaeagnus latifolia (oleaster)
- Halesia carolina (family Styracaceae; Carolina silverbell, little silverbell)
- Nyssa aquatica, an American swamp-growing tree (family Cornaceae; water tupelo)
- Subspecies of Olea europea, which includes the cultivated olive (family Oleaceae)
- Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata
- Olea europaea subsp. europaea (syn. Olea oleaster)
- Cartrema americana (syn. Osmanthus americanus; devilwood, American olive; family Elaeagnaceae)
References
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