Meaning

4 senses

  1. A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,

  2. A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,

    Especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus,

    Ölweide

    лохlox, лохови́наloxovína, лохо́вникloxóvnik

  3. Especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus,

    Especially, the type species Elaeagnus angustifolia.

  4. Cultivated olive trees that have re-naturalized, sometimes treated as a species Olea oleaster, the wild olive.

More definitions
  • any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
plant in the family Elaeagnaceae, especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus, especially, the species Elaeagnus angustifolia:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
plant in the family Elaeagnaceae, especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus, especially, the species Elaeagnus angustifolia:

Origin

From Middle English oliaster, olyaster, from Latin oleaster.

From Middle English oliaster, olyaster, from Latin oleaster.

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Forms

plural: oleasters
Singularoleaster
Pluraloleasters

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Elaeagnus angustifolia:silverberryRussian olive

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
olderoldieoleoleanderoligarcholigarchyoliveB2

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