oiltree

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oiltree - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Oil-tree
  (Isa. 41:19; R.V. marg., "oleaster"), Heb. 'etz shemen, rendered
  "olive tree" in 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 32, 33 (R.V., "olive wood")
  and "pine branches" in Neh. 8:15 (R.V., "branches of wild
  olive"), was some tree distinct from the olive. It was probably
  the oleaster (Eleagnus angustifolius), which grows abundantly in
  almost all parts of Palestine, especially about Hebron and
  Samaria. "It has a fine hard wood," says Tristram, "and yields
  an inferior oil, but it has no relationship to the olive, which,
  however, it resembles in general appearance."