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RUSSIAN OLIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Russian olive mean?
• RUSSIAN OLIVE (noun)
The noun RUSSIAN OLIVE has 1 sense:
1. deciduous shrubby tree of Europe and western Asia having grey leaves and small yellow fruits covered in silvery scales; sometimes spiny
Familiarity information: RUSSIAN OLIVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous shrubby tree of Europe and western Asia having grey leaves and small yellow fruits covered in silvery scales; sometimes spiny
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Elaeagnus augustifolia; Russian olive; silver berry
Hypernyms ("Russian olive" is a kind 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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