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Webster 1913 Edition
Oleaster
Oˊle-as′ter
,Noun.
(Bot.)
(a)
The wild olive tree (
Olea Europea
, var. sylvestris
). (b)
Any species of the genus
Elaeagus
. See Eleagnus
. The small silvery berries of the common species (Elaeagnus hortensis
) are called Trebizond dates
, and are made into cakes by the Arabs. Webster 1828 Edition
Oleaster
OLEAS'TER
,Noun.
A plant of the genus Elaeagnus; the wild olive.
Definition 2024
oleaster
oleaster
English
Noun
oleaster (plural oleasters)
- A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,
- especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus,
- especially, a plant in the species Elaeagnus angustifolia.
- especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus,
- Cultivated olive trees that have re-naturalized, sometimes treated as a species Olea oleaster, the wild olive.
Synonyms
- (Elaeagnus angustifolia): silverberry, Russian olive
See also
- oil-tree
Latin
Etymology
From ole(a) (“olive tree”) + -aster.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /o.leˈas.ter/, [ɔ.ɫɛˈas.tɛr]
Noun
oleaster m (genitive oleastrī); second declension
- wild olive tree
Inflection
Second declension, nominative singular in -er.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | oleaster | oleastrī |
| genitive | oleastrī | oleastrōrum |
| dative | oleastrō | oleastrīs |
| accusative | oleastrum | oleastrōs |
| ablative | oleastrō | oleastrīs |
| vocative | oleaster1 | oleastrī |
1May also be oleastre.
Descendants
- Albanian: ullashtër, vosht
- Catalan: ullastre
- English: oleaster
- Italian: oleastro, olivastro
- Spanish: oleastro, olivastro
References
- oleaster in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- oleaster in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “oleaster”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.