English > Olea: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits. |
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Synonym | genus Olea |
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Member of | Oleaceae, family Oleaceae, olive family | Trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits |
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Members | black maire, Olea cunninghamii | Northern Zealand tree having dense hard light-brown wood |
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olive, European olive tree, Olea europaea | evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere |
olive tree | A tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit |
white maire, Olea lanceolata | small New Zealand tree having red pulpy one-seeded fruit |
Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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Spanish | genus olea, olea |
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Catalan | genus olea, olea, Olea |
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