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oleaster

/ˌoʊliˈæstɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oleast-er
IPA
/ˌoʊliˈæstɚ/
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,

noun

A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,

noun

A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,

noun

Cultivated olive trees that have re-naturalized, sometimes treated as a species Olea oleaster, the wild olive.

Etymology

From Middle English oliaster, olyaster, from Latin oleaster.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: oliaster, oleaster

Inflected Forms

oleasters (plural)

Phrases

oil-tree

Frequently Paired Words

oil-tree

Synonyms

silverberry Russian olive

Rhymes With

master faster disaster pastor plaster headmaster castor caster blaster mcmaster astor grandmaster

Questions

How do you pronounce oleaster?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌoʊliˈæstɚ/.
What does oleaster mean?
A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,
Where does oleaster come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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