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OLEA EUROPAEA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits

Synonyms:

European olive tree; Olea europaea; olive

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Olea europaea" is a kind of...):

olive tree (a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "Olea europaea"):

olive (one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish)

olive (small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil)

Holonyms ("Olea europaea" is a member of...):

genus Olea; Olea (evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits)

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