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OLIVE TREE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit

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Nouns denoting plants

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

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (substance of "olive tree"):

olive (hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "olive tree"):

European olive tree; Olea europaea; olive (evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits)

black maire; Olea cunninghamii (northern Zealand tree having dense hard light-brown wood)

Olea lanceolata; white maire (small New Zealand tree having red pulpy one-seeded fruit)

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

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

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