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Olive genus
Answer for the clue "Olive genus ", 4 letters:
olea
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Olea is a genus of about 40 species in the family Oleaceae , native to warm temperate and tropical regions of southern Europe , Africa , southern Asia and Australasia . They are evergreen trees and shrubs , with small, opposite, entire leaves . The fruit ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Olea \O"le*a\, prop. n. [L. olive. See Olive .] (Bot.) A genus of trees including the olive. Note: The Chinese Olea fragrans , noted for its fragrance, and the American devilwood ( Olea Americana ) are now usually referred to another genus ( Osmanthus ).
Usage examples of olea.
Sentendosi molto stanco, si alzò vacillante per andare da Elain, che stava avvolgendo dei pasticci di carne in carta oleata.
For example, the olive Olea europea was domesticated in the eastern Mediterranean.
There are about 40 other species of olives in tropical and southern Africa, southern Asia, and eastern Australia, some of them closely related to Olea europea, but none of them was ever domesticated.
Africa, southern Asia, and eastern Australia, some of them closely related to Olea europea, but none of them was ever domesticated.