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Definition of oleaster in English: oleasternoun ˌəʊlɪˈastəˌoʊliˈæstər A Eurasian shrub or small tree cultivated as an ornamental. Genus Elaeagnus, family Elaeagnaceae: several species, in particular E. angustifolia, which bears edible yellow olive-shaped fruit (also called Russian olive in North America) Example sentencesExamples - Olives from wild trees (oleasters) were sporadically gathered, in the Near East, by Neolithic peoples about 10,000 years ago.
- Additionally, to compare the genetic diversity of laperrinei populations with that of populations belonging to the europaea subspecies, wild Mediterranean olives (oleasters) were characterized.
- Its wild relatives, known as oleaster forms, are generally indistinguishable from feral types and constitute a common component of the Mediterranean vegetation.
- Anyway, I arrive at my own yard and see my overgrown oleaster hedge in bloom with its teeny-tiny, very un-peony-like flowers.
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin, from olea 'olive tree'. Rhymes Antofagasta, aster, Astor, canasta, Jocasta, pasta, piastre (US piaster), pilaster, poetaster, Rasta, Zoroaster Definition of oleaster in US English: oleasternounˌoʊliˈæstərˌōlēˈastər A Eurasian shrub or small tree cultivated as an ornamental. Genus Elaeagnus, family Elaeagnaceae: several species, in particular E. angustifolia, commonly called Russian olive, which bears edible yellow olive-shaped fruit Example sentencesExamples - Additionally, to compare the genetic diversity of laperrinei populations with that of populations belonging to the europaea subspecies, wild Mediterranean olives (oleasters) were characterized.
- Olives from wild trees (oleasters) were sporadically gathered, in the Near East, by Neolithic peoples about 10,000 years ago.
- Its wild relatives, known as oleaster forms, are generally indistinguishable from feral types and constitute a common component of the Mediterranean vegetation.
- Anyway, I arrive at my own yard and see my overgrown oleaster hedge in bloom with its teeny-tiny, very un-peony-like flowers.
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin, from olea ‘olive tree’. |