Olea

prop. n. A natural family of trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; the olive family; sometimes placed in the order Oleales; it includes the olive; ash; jasmine; privet; and lilac.
Syn. -- family Oleaceae, olive family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. oléaceus of the olive tree. ] (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural family of plants (Oleaceae), mostly trees and shrubs, of which the olive is the type. It includes also the ash, the lilac, the true jasmine, and fringe tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. oleaginus, oleagineus, belonging to the olive, fr. olea olive: cf. F. oléagineux. See Olive, Oil. ] Having the nature or qualities of oil; oily; unctuous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Oiliness. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Med.) A soft ointment prepared from oil. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. oléandre (cf. It. oleandro, LL. lorandrum), prob. corrupted, under the influence of laurus laurel, fr. L. rhododendron, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; rose + &unr_; tree. ] (Bot.) A beautiful evergreen shrub (Nerium oleander) of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red, white, or pink flowers. It is a native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ Every part of the plant is dangerously poisonous, and death has occurred from using its wood for skewers in cooking meat. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns; also classed as the family Polypodiaceae.
Syn. -- genus Oleandra. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems.
Syn. -- family Oleandraceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]