oil olive

noun

Any variety of olive especially suited for producing oil.

Meanings

nounoil olive (plural oil olives)

plural oil olives

  1. Any variety of olive especially suited for producing oil.

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    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 18:32
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