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Olives

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Ol·ives  (livz), Mount of also Ol·i·vet (l-vt)
A ridge of hills in the West Bank east of Jerusalem. At its western foot is the biblical site of the Garden of Gethsemane.
Olives [ˈɒlɪvz]
n
(Placename) Mount of. a hill to the east of Jerusalem: in New Testament times the village Bethany (Mark 11:11) was on its eastern slope and Gethsemane on its western one


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There are no olives in the Ebony Island, and those imported from here fetch a high price.
The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context
In a country of plantation, first look about, what kind of victual the country yields of itself to hand; as chestnuts, walnuts, pineapples, olives, dates, plums, cherries, wild honey, and the like; and make use of them.
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These almost impenetrable forests were composed of pomegranates, orange-trees, citrons, figs, olives, apricots, bananas, huge vines, whose blossoms and fruits rivaled each other in color and perfume.
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