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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L., fr.

olea

olive tree. See

(Bot.)

(a)

The wild olive tree (

Olea Europea

, var.

sylvestris

(b)

Any species of the genus

Elaeagus

. See

. The small silvery berries of the common species (

Elaeagnus hortensis

) are called

Trebizond dates

, and are made into cakes by the Arabs.

Noun.

[L. from olea, the olive tree.]

A plant of the genus Elaeagnus; the wild olive.