Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Oleaceæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural family of plants (
Oleaceæ ), mostly trees and shrubs, of which the olive is the type. It includes also the ash, the lilac, the true jasmine, and fringe tree.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the
plant family Oleaceae .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees or shrubs of the olive family
Etymologies
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Oleaceae + -ous
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Examples
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These vases contained a variety of balsamic and oleaceous compositions for the anointment, which, when ultimately performed, prepared the bathers for the _sphæristerium_, in which various amusements and exercises were enjoyed.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 579, December 8, 1832 Various
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