| 单词 | wild olive |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswild olive wild olive n. (a) = oleaster n. 1; (b) = oleaster n. 2; (c) any of various other shrubs or trees allied to or resembling the olive, including the South African subspecies Olea europaea ssp. africana; Venetian sumac, Cotinus coggygria; the West Indian tree Bontia daphnoides (family Myoporaceae) (also called wild olive of Barbadoes); the silver-bell tree Halesia tetraptera; the black olive Bucida buceras (family Combretaceae), etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > olive tree > types of oleastereOE olive treea1398 wild olive1577 olive1629 olive bark1668 black olive1756 manzanilla1891 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 107v The wylde Olyue, in Greeke αγριελαια, in Latine Oleaster. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. at Olive Wild Olive of Barbadoes, a name by which some call the Bontia, a distinct genus of plants. 1866 Ruskin (title) The Crown of Wild Olive. 1880 Handbk. S. Afr. (S. W. Silver & Co.) (ed. 3) 136 Wild Olive..wood of small size and generally decayed at heart. Used for fancy turning. < as lemmas |
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