olive plum

noun

1

: the fruit of a shrub or tree of the genus Elaeodendron (family Celastraceae) having simple leathery leaves, small greenish or white flowers in axillary clusters, and a drupaceous fruit

2

: a tree of the genus Elaeodendron

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