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ol·ive

n 1  :  an Old World evergreen tree (Olea europaea of the family Oleaceae, the olive family) cultivated for its drupaceous fruit that is an important food and source of oil : also  :  the fruit  2  :  an oval eminence on each ventrolateral aspect of the medulla oblongata that contains the inferior olive of the same side - called also olivary body  .
 
   

 
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