olive tree
noun
: a tree on which olives (small, egg-shaped black or green fruit that is used as food or for making oil) grow
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One lonely black olive tree will say farewell to Las Olas Boulevard on Thursday, leaving only 14 standing until their day too comes.
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Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
There’s a row of bird of paradise plants that her next door neighbors planted on the same side of the yard, near her fruitless olive tree, that are striking above a selection of succulents and cactus.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
The 18-year-old exhibit just reopened after closing down for three months for updates that included theatrical lighting, new interactive components such as a giant olive tree and an ancillary garden filled with edible fruit trees and herbs.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Much later, under French rule in the late 1800s and in the decades of independence that followed, olive tree cultivation expanded even more—a tradition sustained largely by women, historically the family breadwinners.
—Annie Daly, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026
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Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
There’s a row of bird of paradise plants that her next door neighbors planted on the same side of the yard, near her fruitless olive tree, that are striking above a selection of succulents and cactus.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
The 18-year-old exhibit just reopened after closing down for three months for updates that included theatrical lighting, new interactive components such as a giant olive tree and an ancillary garden filled with edible fruit trees and herbs.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Much later, under French rule in the late 1800s and in the decades of independence that followed, olive tree cultivation expanded even more—a tradition sustained largely by women, historically the family breadwinners.
—Annie Daly, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Olive tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/olive%20tree. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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