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oleaster

oleaster noun: a plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,.

oleaster: a plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,
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Noun

oleaster (plural oleasters)

  1. A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,
    1. especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus,
    2. especially, the type species Elaeagnus angustifolia.
  2. Cultivated olive trees that have re-naturalized, sometimes treated as a species Olea oleaster, the wild olive.

oleaster meaning in Tamil, Pashto, Arabic and Persian

oleaster in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

oleaster in Pashto

plant in the family Elaeagnaceae, especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus, especially, the species Elaeagnus angustifolia
سنځله sandzə́la

oleaster in Arabic

plant in the family Elaeagnaceae, especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus, especially, the species Elaeagnus angustifolia
زَيْزَفُون zayzafūn, خِلَاف ḵilāf

oleaster in Persian

plant in the family Elaeagnaceae, especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus, especially, the species Elaeagnus angustifolia
سنجد senjed

Synonyms of oleaster

Forms of oleaster

pluraloleasters

Origin of oleaster

From Middle English oliaster, olyaster, from Latin oleaster.

Words that rhyme with oleaster

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Questions about oleaster

What does oleaster mean?
Oleaster means a plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,.
What is oleaster in Tamil?
Oleaster in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Oleaster meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is oleaster?
Oleaster is a noun.
What is the plural of oleaster?
The plural of oleaster is oleasters.

Words near oleaster in the dictionary

  1. OLeary
  2. oleas
  3. oleaside
  4. oleasides
  5. oleasome
  6. oleaster
  7. oleasters
  8. oleate
  9. oleates
  10. oleclumab
  11. olecrana

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: oleaster (page history and authors); oleaster (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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