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• Plants in the Bible — • Discusses all of the types of plants mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Plants in the Bible     Plants in the Bible      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family — The following is a list of trees and shrubs of high notoriety. Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order, likewise the genera and closely related species.=GYMNOSPERMS= =CONIFERS= Araucariaceae: The… …   Wikipedia

• olive — /ol iv/, n. 1. an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, of Mediterranean and other warm regions, cultivated chiefly for its fruit. Cf. olive family. 2. the fruit of this tree, a small oval drupe, eaten as a relish and used as a source of oil. 3. Also… …   Universalium

• PLANTS — Research into the flora mentioned in the ancient Hebrew literature is grounded on the basic assumption that within historical times no fundamental changes have taken place in the country s climate (see agriculture ). This assumption, which allows …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Olive oil — Not to be confused with the cartoon character Olive Oyl. Olive oil A bottle of olive oil Fat composition Saturated fats Palmitic acid: 7.5–20.0% Steari …   Wikipedia

• Oleaceae — Olive (Olea europaea) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …   Wikipedia

• Olive — /ol iv/, n. a female given name. * * * Subtropical, broad leaved tree (Olea europaea) or its edible fruit. The olive was being grown on the island of Crete с 3500 BC, and Semitic peoples apparently were cultivating it as early as 3000 BC. Its… …   Universalium

• oleaster — /oh lee as teuhr/, n. an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit. Also called Russian olive. [bef. 1000; ME < L: wild olive tree, deriv. of olea OLIVE] * * * ▪ tree …   Universalium

• Oleaceae — ▪ plant family       the olive family, belonging to the order Lamiales and named for the economically important olive tree (species Olea europaea). A number of plants in the family are of economic or aesthetic importance: the olive tree is the… …   Universalium

• oleaster — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from olea Date: 14th century any of several plants (genus Elaeagnus of the family Elaeagnaceae, the oleaster family) having alternate leaves and small often fragrant flowers with four stamens;… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Nerium oleander — Taxobox name = Oleander image width = 250px image caption = Nerium oleander in flower regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Gentianales familia = Apocynaceae genus = Nerium L. species = N. oleander binomial =… …   Wikipedia