oleaster
/ˌəʊlɪˈastə
/noun
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).
- Additionally, to compare the genetic diversity of laperrinei populations with that of populations belonging to the europaea subspecies, wild Mediterranean olives (oleasters) were characterized.
- 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
- BYOB
- BYOD
- BYOG
- by oneself
- by one's fingertips
- by (or at) someone's side
- by order
- by (or from) all accounts
- by (or in) leaps and bounds
- by (or in) virtue of
- by (or of) the name of
- by (or on) one's lonesome
- by (or on) request
- by (or through) the back door
- by (or with) your leave
- by ourselves
- by parol
- bypass
- bypath
- byplay
- bypoll
- by-product
- BYR
- Byrd, Charlie
- Byrd, Richard