Oleaster

Updated on Oct 06, 2024

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Oleaster, signifying a plant like an olive, but less valuable (cf. poetaster), may be applied to:

Feral olive trees that have been allowed to run wild

Olea oleaster, the wild olive

Various species of Elaeagnus, notably Elaeagnus angustifolia, the Russian olive.

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