liˈeɪ adjective
belonging to the Oleaceae, the olive family of plants.
Compare olive family.
Origin:
1855–60; < Neo-Latin Oleace(ae) (Ole(a) the olive genus (Latin olea, olīva olive, olive tree; see olive, oil) + -aceae -aceae) + -ous
1855–60; < Neo-Latin Oleace(ae) (Ole(a) the olive genus (Latin olea, olīva olive, olive tree; see olive, oil) + -aceae -aceae) + -ous
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| —adj | |
| of, relating to, or belonging to the Oleaceae, a family of trees and shrubs, including the ash, jasmine, privet, lilac, and olive | |
| [C19: via New Latin from Latin olea | |
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Oleaceous
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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