Updated citations for a proposal that was not incorporated into the LEO-dictionary.
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olive family
noun
Definition of olive family
: Oleaceae
Oleaceae
plural noun Ole·a·ce·ae \ ˌōlēˈāsēˌē \
Definition of Oleaceae
: a family of shrubs and trees (order Oleales) having opposite or rarely alternate exstipulate leaves, tetramerous flowers, and the fruits a berry, drupe, or capsule
olive family
noun
1. the plant family Oleaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having opposite, simple or pinnately compound leaves, usually small and sometimes showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or winged seed, and including the ash, forsythia, lilac, olive, and privet.
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Scrophulariales
Family Oleaceae – Olive family
Oleaceae, the olive family, belonging to the order Lamiales and named for the economically important olive tree (species Olea europaea). A number of plants in the family are of economic or aesthetic importance: the olive tree is the source of olives and olive oil; the ashes (genus Fraxinus) are noted for their hardwood timber; and many genera are famous for their horticultural merit—e.g., Syringa (lilacs), Jasminum (jasmines), Ligustrum (privets), Forsythia (golden bell), and Osmanthus (tea olive).
Oleaceae
Plants of the Olive Family
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Unterreich Cormobionta ; Gefäßpflanzen
Abteilung Angiospermae = Magnoliophyta A. Braun & Doell; Bedecktsamer
Klasse Dicotyledonae = Magnoliopsida DC.; Zweikeimblättrige
Unterklasse Asteridae Takht.; Korbblütlerähnliche
Ordnung Scrophulariales Lindley; Rachenblütlerartige
Familie Oleaceae Hoffmanns. & Link; Ölbaumgewächse
Familie: Ölbaumgewächse (Oleaceae)
Oleaceae / Ölbaumgewächse
Die Pflanzenfamilie der Ölbaumgewächse (Oleaceae) gehört zur Ordnung der Lippenblütlerartigen (Lamiales).
