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Olive



~ OLIVE  id+ | OIL |
^u       id+ | PEACE | as in
  OLIVE BRANCH being A SYMBOL OF PEACE
  lat OLIVA   = OLIVE or
  ukr OLYVKA    OLIVE
      OLYJ      OIL
  sp  ACEITE    OIL
      ACEITUNA  OLIVE
  arab ZEITUNA  same
      OLIVOS    OLIVE GROVES
  see> ANOINT
  see> OINTMEMT
  see> CHRISM
  see> UNGUENT
  myth> ATHENA PLANTED THE OLIVE TREE
        AS A SACRED TREE and as
  A SYMBOL OF HER VICTORY OVER POSEIDON
  IN THEIR CONTEST FOR THE
  ACROPOLIS IN ATHENS
  biol> bot EVERGREEN TREE known as
        OLEA EUROPAEA
  med> SINCE ANTIQUITY OLIVE OIL REMAINS
       A MAJOR HUMAN NUTRIENT
  art> OLIVE WREATHS CONTINUE TO REPRESENT
       THE CROWN OF VICTORY
  A TRADITION INITIATED DURING EARLY GAMES AT OLYMPUS
  hx> " AN OLIVE BRANCH " REMAINS A SYMBOL OF PEACE
      BECAUSE IN ANTIQUITY
  DURING OLYMPIC GAMES WAR CEASED

    

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