oleaster

/ˈoʊliˌæstər/

Other forms: oleasters

Definitions of oleaster

1. noun

   any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits
   types:

   Elaeagnus latifolia, wild olive

   erect shrub or climber of India and China with red olivelike fruit

   Elaeagnus commutata, silver berry, silver-bush, silverberry, silverbush

   deciduous unarmed North American shrub with silvery leaves and fruits

   Elaeagnus augustifolia, Russian olive, silver berry

   deciduous shrubby tree of Europe and western Asia having grey leaves and small yellow fruits covered in silvery scales; sometimes spiny

   type of:

   bush, shrub

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems