olive

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olive inferior olive olive oil superior olive

Main Entry: ol·ive
Pronunciation: äl-iv, -v
Function: noun
1 : an Old World evergreen tree (Olea europaea of the family Oleaceae, the olive family) cultivated for its drupaceous fruit that is an important food and source of oil; also : the fruit
2 : an oval eminence on each ventrolateral aspect of the medulla oblongata that contains the inferior olive of the same side -- called also olivary body