DESERT OLIVE

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits

Synonyms:

desert olive; Forestiera neomexicana; tanglebush

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Nouns denoting plants

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

forestiera (any plant of the genus Forestiera)

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