OLIVE TREE
Dictionary entry overview: What does olive tree mean?
• OLIVE TREE (noun)
The noun OLIVE TREE has 1 sense:
1. a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit
Familiarity information: OLIVE TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OLIVE TREE (noun)
Meaning:
A tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("olive tree" is a kind of...):
fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)
Meronyms (substance of "olive tree"):
olive (hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "olive tree"):
European olive tree; Olea europaea; olive (evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits)
black maire; Olea cunninghamii (northern Zealand tree having dense hard light-brown wood)
Olea lanceolata; white maire (small New Zealand tree having red pulpy one-seeded fruit)
Holonyms ("olive tree" is a member of...):
genus Olea; Olea (evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits)
