European olive tree, Olea europaea, olive - evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits

black maire, Olea cunninghamii - northern Zealand tree having dense hard light-brown wood

Olea lanceolata, white maire - small New Zealand tree having red pulpy one-seeded fruit

fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit

Translations

olive tree → شجرة الزيتون olivovník oliventræ Olivenbaum ελιά olivo oliivipuu olivier drvo masline olivo オリーブ 올리브 나무 olijfboom oliventre drzewo oliwne oliveira оливковое дерево olivträd ต้นมะกอก zeytin ağacı cây ôliu 橄榄树

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agaric black maire black olive European olive tree fruit tree genus Olea genus Pleurotus green olive olea Olea cunninghamii Olea europaea Olea lanceolata oleaginous Oleaginousness olive olive branch olive-tree agaric Olived Olivin			Thousands of grasshoppers, hidden in the bushes, chirped with a monotonous and dull note; the leaves of the myrtle and olive trees waved and rustled in the wind. The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context He had just discovered Cezanne, and was uger to go to Provence; he wanted heavy skies from which the hot blue seemed to drip like beads of sweat, and broad white dusty roads, and pale roofs out of which the sun had burnt the colour, and olive trees gray with heat. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context There was no ugliness to shut out, and the villa looked straight across the shoulder of a slope, ribbed with olive trees, to the sea. The Voyage Out by Woolf, Virginia View in context			oligotrophy oliguria Olimbos Ólimbos Olinda olingo olio Oliphant Olitory Oliva olivaceous Olivares olivary Olivary body Olivaster olive olive branch olive brown olive crown olive drab olive family olive green olive oil Olive ore olive ridley olive tree olive-backed thrush olive-brown olive-colored olive-coloured olive-drab olive-drab uniform olive-gray olive-green olive-grey olive-growing olive-like olive-sized olive-tree agaric Olived olivelike olivenite Oliver Oliver Cromwell Oliver Ellsworth Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Hardy Oliver Hazard Perry Oliver Heaviside Oliver Stone Oliver Wendell Holmes			Olive Natural Heritage Society Olive of medulla oblongata Olive of medulla oblongata olive oil olive oil olive oil olive oil Olive Oil Council of Canada Olive Oil European Style Olive Oil Mill Effluent Olive Oil Phenolic Compounds Olive Oil Quality Olive oil soap Olive oil soap Olive ore Olive Prairie Rag Rug olive ridley Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Olive Ridley sea turtles Olive Ridley turtle Olive Ridley turtles olive ridleys olive ridleys Olive Schreiner Olive shell Olive shell Olive shell olive shells olive shells olive shells olive tree Olive Tree Messianic Fellowship Olive trees Olive trees Olive trees olive tubercle Olive View Medical Center olive-backed thrush olive-brown olive-colored olive-coloured olive-drab olive-drab uniform olive-gray olive-green olive-green olive-green olive-green olive-grey olive-growing Olive-Harvey College olive-like Olive-sided Flycatcher olive-sized olive-tip catheter olive-tip catheter olive-tip catheter Olive-tree Olive-tree Olive-tree olive-tree agaric

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