Definition of "olea" []

• A plural of oleum. (noun)

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• "Your figure will be as winsome as an olea fragrans; your talents as ample as those of a Fairy!"
• "Or like green bands, they waved and flapped; or like gold thread, they coiled and bent, either with seeds resembling cinnabar, or with blossoms like golden olea; whose fragrance and aroma could not be equalled by those emitted by flowers of ordinary species."
• "Thy charms that they can match the olea or orchid, but thoughts inane!"