wild olive

/waɪld ˌɑləv/
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Other forms: wild olives

Definitions of wild olive
  1. noun
    erect shrub or climber of India and China with red olivelike fruit
    synonyms: Elaeagnus latifolia
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    type of:
    oleaster
    any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits
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