DESERT OLIVE

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does desert olive mean? 

• DESERT OLIVE (noun)
  The noun DESERT OLIVE has 1 sense:

1. spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESERT OLIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

desert olive; Forestiera neomexicana; tanglebush

Hypernyms ("desert olive" is a kind of...):

forestiera (any plant of the genus Forestiera)