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oleaceous definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees or shrubs of the olive family

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. of the plant family Oleaceae, including olive and jasmine. Etymology: mod.L Oleaceae f. L olea olive-tree

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Oleaceous O`le*a"ceous, a. [L. ol['e]aceus of the olive tree.] (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Oleace[ae]), mostly trees and shrubs, of which the olive is the type. It includes also the ash, the lilac, the true jasmine, and fringe tree.