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Olea   Listen
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Olea  n.  (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).





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"Olea" Quotes from Famous Books



... term 'English,' comprehending the Saxon, Celtic, Norman, and Danish Floras. Of the evergreen shrub alluded to in Sec. 11 above, the Veronica Decussata of the Pacific, which is "a bushy evergreen, with beautifully set cross-leaves, and white blossoms scented like olea fragrans," I should like him only to read with much surprise, and some incredulity, in Pinkerton's or ...
— Proserpina, Volume 2 - Studies Of Wayside Flowers • John Ruskin


Words linked to "Olea" :   Olea lanceolata, magnoliopsid genus, Oleaceae, olive, Olea cunninghamii, European olive tree, family Oleaceae


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