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Elaeagnus angustifolia, commonly called Russian olive, [2] silver berry, [3] oleaster, [3] or wild olive, [3] is a species of Elaeagnus, native to Asia and limited areas of eastern Europe. It is widely established in North America as an introduced species .
The first part of the name, elae-, is from ἐλαία, 'olive'. Sources differ on the origin of the second part: it may be from ἄγνος, Vitex agnus-castus, the chaste tree, [6] or from the Greek name for a kind of willow. [7] In either case, the second part is derived from ἁγνός (hagnós), meaning 'pure', 'chaste'. [8]
Elaeagnus pungens is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeagnaceae, known by the common names thorny olive, [1] spiny oleaster [2] and silverthorn; also by the family name "oleaster". It is native to Asia, including China and Japan.
a variety of olive tree typical of the DOP area known as Aprutino Pescarese in the province of Pescara (Abruzzo). Its olives yield an extra virgin olive oil featuring extraordinary chemical and organoleptic qualities. Empeltre: Spain a medium-sized black olive grown in Spain, especially along the Ebro Valley and the Balearic Islands.
Oleaster, signifying a plant like an olive, but less valuable (cf. poetaster), may be applied to: Feral olive trees that have been allowed to run wild; Olea oleaster, the wild olive; Various species of Elaeagnus, notably Elaeagnus angustifolia, the Russian olive, the dried fruits of which are eaten during Nowruz
Olea oleaster, the wild-olive, has been considered by various botanists a valid species and a subspecies [1] of the cultivated olive tree, Olea europea, which is a tree of multiple origins [2] that was domesticated, it now appears, at various places during the fourth and third millennia BCE, in selections drawn from varying local populations. [3]
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It is currently understood that on the macro level, steppes are more arid and that trees thin out in the transition zones. Because the terrain of the ecoregion is relatively flat or low hills, with no physical barriers between the biomes to the north and south, the plant communities tend to be shaped by local variations in water flow.