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wild olive

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  1. Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related: Bontia daphnoides (family Scrophulariaceae; bastard olive)
  2. Several species in the genus Elaeagnus (family Elaeagnaceae): Elaeagnus angustifolia (silver berry, oleaster, Persian olive)
  3. Several species in the genus Elaeagnus (family Elaeagnaceae): Elaeagnus latifolia (oleaster)
  4. Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related: Halesia carolina (family Styracaceae; Carolina silverbell, little silverbell)
  5. Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related: Nyssa aquatica, an American swamp-growing tree (family Cornaceae; water tupelo)
  6. Subspecies of Olea europea, which includes the cultivated olive (family Oleaceae): Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata
  7. Subspecies of Olea europea, which includes the cultivated olive (family Oleaceae): Olea europaea subsp. europaea (syn. Olea oleaster)
  8. Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related: Cartrema americana (syn. Osmanthus americanus; devilwood, American olive; family Elaeagnaceae)

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