AMERICAN OLIVE

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Meaning:

Small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits

Synonyms:

American olive; devilwood; Osmanthus americanus

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("American olive" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("American olive" is a member of...):

genus Osmanthus; Osmanthus (widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan)

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