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oleaster
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English
Etymology
From Middle English oliaster, olyaster, from Latin oleaster.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Noun
oleaster (plural oleasters)
- A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,
- especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus,
- especially, the type species Elaeagnus angustifolia.
- especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus,
- Cultivated olive trees that have re-naturalized, sometimes treated as a species Olea oleaster, the wild olive.
Synonyms
- (Elaeagnus angustifolia): silverberry, Russian olive
Translations
plant in the family Elaeagnaceae, especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus, especially, the species Elaeagnus angustifolia
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See also
- oil-tree
References
oleaster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Elaeagnus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Elaeagnus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔ.ɫeˈas.tɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [o.leˈas.ter]
Noun
oleaster m (genitive oleastrī); second declension
- wild olive tree
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Descendants
References
- “oleaster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “oleaster”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “oleaster”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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