genus olea

1. 1.

   evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits

   SynonymsOlea

   Broaderdicot genus

   Part ofOleaceae

Questions about genus olea

What does genus olea mean?

genus olea means "evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits".

What is another word for genus olea?

Close synonyms include Olea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus olea a common word?

genus olea is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.