olive family

American  

noun

1. the plant family Oleaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having opposite, simple or pinnately compound leaves, usually small and sometimes showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or winged seed, and including the ash, forsythia, lilac, olive, and privet.

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Example Sentences

They belong to the olive family, whose type is the olive tree of the Mediterranean region, now extensively cultivated in California for its fruit.

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