Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oleaster"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Oleaster \O`le*as"ter\, n. [L., fr. olea olive tree. See
{Olive}, {Oil}.] (Bot.)
(a) The wild olive tree ({Olea Europea}, var. sylvestris).
(b) Any species of the genus {El[ae]agus}. See {Eleagnus}.
The small silvery berries of the common species
({El[ae]agnus hortensis}) are called {Trebizond dates},
and are made into cakes by the Arabs.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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