wild olive

noun

Bontia daphnoides (family Scrophulariaceae; bastard olive)

Similar
Elaeagnus latifolia
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Meanings

nounwild olive (plural wild olives)

plural wild olives

  1. Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
    1. Bontia daphnoides (family Scrophulariaceae; bastard olive)
    2. Elaeagnus angustifolia (silver berry, oleaster, Persian olive)
    3. Elaeagnus latifolia (oleaster)
    4. Halesia carolina (family Styracaceae; Carolina silverbell, little silverbell)
    5. Nyssa aquatica, an American swamp-growing tree (family Cornaceae; water tupelo)
    6. Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata
    7. Olea europaea subsp. europaea (syn. Olea oleaster)
    8. Cartrema americana (syn. Osmanthus americanus; devilwood, American olive; family Elaeagnaceae)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounerect shrub or climber of India and China with red olivelike fruit

Similar
Elaeagnus latifolia
Broader
oleaster
Also see
devilwoodmountain plumwater tupelo

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Ancient Greek ἄγριππος, κότῐνος
  • ἄγριππος (ágrippos)Olea europaea subsp. europaea
  • κότῐνος (kótĭnos)Olea europaea subsp. europaea
Arabic زَنْبُوج
  • زَنْبُوج (zanbūj)Olea europaea subsp. europaea
Greek αγρελιά
  • αγρελιά (agreliá)Olea europaea subsp. europaea
Italian olivastro, oleastro
  • olivastroOlea europaea subsp. europaea
  • oleastroOlea europaea subsp. europaea
Latin oleaster
  • oleasterOlea europaea subsp. europaea
Polish oliwka afrykańska, oliwka europejska
  • oliwka afrykańskaOlea europaea subsp. cuspidata
  • oliwka europejskaOlea europaea subsp. europaea
  • oliwka uprawnaOlea europaea subsp. europaea
  • oliwnik europejskiOlea europaea subsp. europaea
  • drzewo oliwneOlea europaea subsp. europaea
Portuguese zambujeira, zambujo
  • zambujeiraOlea europaea subsp. europaea
  • zambujoOlea europaea subsp. europaea
  • azambujoOlea europaea subsp. europaea
Spanish acebuche
  • acebucheOlea europaea subsp. europaea
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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