California olive

Other forms: California olives

Definitions of California olive
  1. noun
    Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
    synonyms: California bay tree, California laurel, Oregon myrtle, Umbellularia californica, mountain laurel, pepperwood, sassafras laurel, spice tree
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    type of:
    laurel
    any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
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