EUROPEAN OLIVE TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does European olive tree mean? 

• EUROPEAN OLIVE TREE (noun)
  The noun EUROPEAN OLIVE TREE has 1 sense:

1. evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits

  Familiarity information: EUROPEAN OLIVE TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUROPEAN OLIVE TREE (noun)

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Meaning:

Evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

European olive tree; Olea europaea; olive

Hypernyms ("European olive tree" is a kind of...):

olive tree (a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "European olive tree"):

olive (one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish)

olive (small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil)

Holonyms ("European olive tree" is a member of...):

genus Olea; Olea (evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits)