Noun: olive family 'ó-liv 'fa-mu-lee
- Trees and shrubs having berries, drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive, ash, jasmine, privet, lilac
"Many ornamental plants belong to the olive family";
- Oleaceae, family Oleaceae
Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family
Part of: Gentianales, order Gentianales
Encyclopedia: Olive family