Mission olive

noun

A cultivar of olive developed in California by Spanish missions along El Camino Real in the late 18th century.

Meanings

nounMission olive (plural Mission olives)

plural Mission olives

  1. A cultivar of olive developed in California by Spanish missions along El Camino Real in the late 18th century.
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