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  1. wild olives: Merriam-Webster
  2. wild olives: Collins English Dictionary
  3. wild olives: Vocabulary.com

(Note: See wild_olive as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (wild olive)

noun:  Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
noun:  Bontia daphnoides (family Scrophulariaceae; bastard olive)
noun:  Several species in the genus Elaeagnus (family Elaeagnaceae), particularly:
noun:  Elaeagnus angustifolia (silver berry, oleaster, Persian olive)
noun:  Elaeagnus latifolia (oleaster)
noun:  Halesia carolina (family Styracaceae; Carolina silverbell, little silverbell)
noun:  Nyssa aquatica, an American swamp-growing tree (family Cornaceae; water tupelo)
noun:  Subspecies of Olea europea, which includes the cultivated olive (family Oleaceae)
noun:  Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata
noun:  Olea europaea subsp. europaea (syn. Olea oleaster)
noun:  Cartrema americana (syn. Osmanthus americanus; devilwood, American olive; family Elaeagnaceae)
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