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o·le·as·ter  (l-str)

n. In both senses also called Russian olive, silverberry.

1. A small Eurasian tree (Elaeagnus angustifolia) having oblong silvery leaves, fragrant greenish flowers, and olivelike fruit.

2. The fruit of this tree.

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[Middle English, from Latin, from olea, olive tree; see oleaginous.]

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oleaster [ˌəʊlɪˈæstə]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus, esp E. angustifolia, of S Europe, Asia, and North America, having silver-white twigs, yellow flowers, and an olive-like fruit: family Elaeagnaceae

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called wild olive a wild specimen of the cultivated olive

[Latin: from olea; see olive, oil]

Thesaurus

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oleaster - any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits Elaeagnus, genus Elaeagnus - oleaster Elaeagnus latifolia, wild olive - erect shrub or climber of India and China with red olivelike fruit Elaeagnus commutata, silverberry, silverbush, silver berry, silver-bush - deciduous unarmed North American shrub with silvery leaves and fruits Elaeagnus augustifolia, Russian olive, silver berry - deciduous shrubby tree of Europe and western Asia having grey leaves and small yellow fruits covered in silvery scales; sometimes spiny bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems