Definition of Desert olive

1. Noun. Spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits.

Exact synonyms: Forestiera Neomexicana, Tanglebush
Generic synonyms: Forestiera

Lexicographical Neighbors of Desert Olive

desert
desert boot
desert cat
desert cats
desert climate
desert fever
desert four o'clock
desert hare
desert hares
desert holly
desert iguana
desert island
desert islands
desert lynx
desert mariposa tulip
desert olive (current term)
desert paintbrush
desert pavement
desert pavements
desert pea
desert plant
desert plume
desert rat
desert rheumatism
desert rose
desert sand verbena
desert selaginella
desert soil
desert soils
desert sore

Literary usage of Desert olive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1908)
"Sfax ' 17 Sahara Desert, olive oil of oases, resemblance to that of northern Tunis. causes HH Sand content of soils of Sfax region 18 Sea water, ..."

2. The Jordan Valley and Petraby William Libbey, Franklin Evans Hoskins by William Libbey, Franklin Evans Hoskins (1905)
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