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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Published on February 25, 2025 By Wendy Bowman Photo : Ryan Lahiff
An ancient olive tree stands at the front entrance.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2025
Stoneware ceramic vases were used in the florals and to hold down our linen seating chart, which hung from an olive tree.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 6 Feb. 2025
Season 2 begins with Mo living in Mexico City after he’s accidentally smuggled into the country by olive tree thieves connected to a drug cartel.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
But just three years ago, this landscape, set against the snowcapped peaks of Toubkal National Park, was nothing more than a dusty olive tree farm.
—Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2024
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2025
Stoneware ceramic vases were used in the florals and to hold down our linen seating chart, which hung from an olive tree.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 6 Feb. 2025
Season 2 begins with Mo living in Mexico City after he’s accidentally smuggled into the country by olive tree thieves connected to a drug cartel.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
But just three years ago, this landscape, set against the snowcapped peaks of Toubkal National Park, was nothing more than a dusty olive tree farm.
—Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for olive tree
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“Olive tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/olive%20tree. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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