olive, spurious

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• Spurious

  ·adj Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. II. Spurious ·adj Not proceeding from the true so...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Olive

  ·noun The oyster catcher. II. Olive ·noun An olivary body. ·see under <<Olivary>>. III. Olive ·nou...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Olive

  The fruit of the olive-tree. This tree yielded oil which was highly valued. The best oil was from ol...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• olive, native

  n. one of the many names givento four trees – – Bursaria spinosa, Cav., N.O. Pittosporeae,; Elaeoca...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Olive

  The olive was among the most abundant and characteristic vegetation of Judea. The olive tree grows f...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Queen olive

  ·add. ·- Properly, a kind of superior olive grown in the region of Seville, Spain. It is large size ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Olive-tree

  Is frequently mentioned in Scripture. The dove from the ark brought an olive-branch to Noah (Gen. 8:...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• mock-olive

  n. a tree. Called also Axe-breaker (q.v.). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• native olive

  n. See under olive and marblewood. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• olive, mock

  i.q. axe-breaker (q.v.). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Olive Court, St. Katherine's

  See Oliver's Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.