wild olive
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Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
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Several species in the genus Elaeagnus (family Elaeagnaceae), particularly:
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Subspecies of Olea europea, which includes the cultivated olive (family Oleaceae)
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Elaeagnus angustifolia (silver berry, oleaster, Persian olive)
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Elaeagnus latifolia (oleaster)
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Bontia daphnoides (family Scrophulariaceae; bastard olive)
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Cartrema americana (syn. Osmanthus americanus; devilwood, American olive; family Elaeagnaceae)
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Halesia carolina (family Styracaceae; Carolina silverbell, little silverbell)
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Nyssa aquatica, an American swamp-growing tree (family Cornaceae; water tupelo)
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Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata
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Olea europaea subsp. europaea (syn. Olea oleaster)
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