wild olive

== English == === Noun === wild olive (plural wild olives) Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related. Bontia daphnoides (family Scrophulariaceae; bastard olive) Several species in the genus Elaeagnus (family Elaeagnaceae), particularly: Elaeagnus angustifolia (silver berry, oleaster, Persian olive) Elaeagnus latifolia (oleaster) Halesia carolina (family Styracaceae; Carolina silverbell, little silverbell) Nyssa aquatica, an American swamp-growing tree (family Cornaceae; water tupelo) Subspecies of Olea europea, which includes the cultivated olive (family Oleaceae) Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata Olea europaea subsp. europaea (syn. Olea oleaster) Cartrema americana (syn. Osmanthus americanus; devilwood, American olive; family Elaeagnaceae) ==== Translations ==== === References === wild olive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “wild olive”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.