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    AMERICAN OLIVE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruitsplay

    Synonyms:

    American olive; devilwood; Osmanthus americanus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("American olive" is a kind of...):

    tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

    Holonyms ("American olive" is a member of...):

    genus Osmanthus; Osmanthus (widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan)

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