Chinese olive

noun

The olive-shaped fruit of a Chinese tree, Canarium album, usually eaten dried or its seed eaten as a nut.

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Meanings

nounChinese olive (plural Chinese olives)

plural Chinese olives

  1. The olive-shaped fruit of a Chinese tree, Canarium album, usually eaten dried or its seed eaten as a nut.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 橄欖 /橄榄
  • 橄欖 /橄榄 (gǎnlǎn)fruit
Finnish Canarium album -puun hedelmä
  • Canarium album -puun hedelmäfruit
Japanese 橄欖
  • 橄欖 (kanran)fruit
Korean 감람
  • 감람 (gamnam)fruit
Portuguese azeitona-da-china
  • azeitona-da-chinafruit
Vietnamese cảm lãm
  • cảm lãmfruit
Cite this entry
APA

Chinese olive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinese%20olive

MLA

“Chinese olive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinese%20olive. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chinese olive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinese%20olive.

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