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olibo [u.lí.bu.] :

Cycas revoluta (n.) [kahoy]; olive (n.) [oliba]; sago palm (n.) [lumbiya]
[ Etymology: Spanish: olivo: olive ]

Synonyms: oliba

Derivatives of olibo

Glosses:

Cycas revoluta
n. (plant)	1. cycas revoluta, sago palm	dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago.
	~ cycad	any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves.
	~ cycas circinalis, false sago, fern palm	southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage.
	~ jaggary, jaggery, jagghery	unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap.
olive
n. (plant)	1. olive	small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil.
	~ olive oil	oil from olives.
	~ european olive tree, olea europaea, olive	evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits.
	~ fruit	the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant.
n. (plant)	2. european olive tree, olea europaea, olive	evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits.
	~ olive	one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish.
	~ genus olea, olea	evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
	~ olive tree	a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit.
	~ olive	small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil.
n. (plant)	3. olive	hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork.
	~ olive tree	a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit.
	~ wood	the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees.
n. (food)	4. olive	one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish.
	~ relish	spicy or savory condiment.
	~ black olive, ripe olive	olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil.
	~ green olive	olives picked green and pickled in brine; infrequently stuffed with e.g. pimento.
	~ european olive tree, olea europaea, olive	evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits.
	~ drupe, stone fruit	fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube.
n. (attribute)	5. olive	a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation.
	~ chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour	a color that has hue.
	~ drab, olive drab	a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown.
adj.	6. olive	of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive.
	~ chromatic	being or having or characterized by hue.
sago palm
n. (plant)	1. sago palm	any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago.
	~ palm tree, palm	any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves.
	~ arenga pinnata, gomuti, gomuti palm, sugar palm	Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago.
	~ caryota urens, jaggery palm, kittul, kitul, kitul tree, toddy palm, wine palm	fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago.
	~ metroxylon sagu, true sago palm	Malaysian palm whose pithy trunk yields sago--a starch used as a food thickener and fabric stiffener; Malaya to Fiji.

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