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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